534. Jhargram

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.8% to 13.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAll India Trinamool Congress (AITC) finished second with 37.1% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 79.8%.

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