530. Panskura

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 5.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 43.4% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 82.7%.

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