31. Wachi

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 0.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 49.3% — it polled just 1.6% in 1983.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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