53. Dev Nagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 3.2%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.9% of the vote between them, up from 80.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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