282. Ketugram

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 27.3% to 33.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1987.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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