78. Balia

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.5% to 19.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.2% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 52.1%.

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