178. Chanditala

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 8.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.8% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.

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