77. Maninagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.3% to 21.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.

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