74. Naoda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.8% to 10.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.3% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.

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