486. Malda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.1% to 0.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 76.9%.

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