123. Digboi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 51.4%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 20.9% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 65.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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