282. Sindri

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.7% to 2.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 77.2% — the field split more ways.

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