509. Maldaha Dakshin

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 15.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.6% between them, down from 90.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.3% to 81.1%.

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