290. Mayureswar

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.0% to 14.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1987.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 99.5% — the field split more ways.

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