508. Malda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.5% to 5.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 87.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 80.7%.

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