281. Mangalkot

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.8% to 30.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.

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