40. Gajol

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.9% to 21.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.8% between them, down from 91.1% — the field split more ways.

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