260. Narella

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.2% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.1% — it polled just 1.4% in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.2% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.

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