153. Behala Purba

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.9% to 11.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.4% — it polled just 0.6% in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.8% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 6.1% to 73.4%.

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