224. Kharagpur Town

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.3% to 11.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.0% between them, down from 78.4% — the field split more ways.

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