480. Jalpaiguri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.1% to 18.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.0% between them, down from 81.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 59.1%.

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