498. Krishnagar

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 13.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.4% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 17.6% to 77.7%.

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