199. Chandi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 31.6% to 38.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.

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