72. Madhubani

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to BLD (BLD), which now leads by 12.2%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1971 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• BLD vote shareBLD went from 0.0% to 42.9% of the vote here (+42.9%).
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 86.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 67.3%.

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