83. Haringhata

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.6% to 19.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.0% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.