279. Purbasthali

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.3% to 18.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.

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