171. Howrah Madhya

All India Trinamool Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 30.5% to 30.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 22.1% — it polled just 0.6% in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 93.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 71.7%.

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