47. Kodinar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.8% to 6.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 37.9% — it polled just 0.6% in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.

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