258. Barabani

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 2.7% to 2.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.8% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.

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