473. Cooch Behar

FBL held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 46.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 11.5% to 83.7%.

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