478. Howrah

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.2% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.5% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 12.2% to 60.8%.

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