478. Balurghat

Rashtriya Sarvajan Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 3.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 47.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 6.1% to 80.2%.

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