499. Dum Dum

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.6% to 10.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 98.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 73.2%.

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