497. Uluberia

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.8% to 2.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 48.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 12.0% to 79.8%.

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