45. Malda

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 2.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.

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