146. Chowringhee

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.5% to 3.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.

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