225. Zahirabad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 13.5% to 13.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.9% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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