281. Baghmara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 33.1% to 34.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 15.4% — it polled just 0.8% in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.2% between them, down from 80.4% — the field split more ways.

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