161. Ballygunge

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 9.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 63.9%.

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