69. Srinivaspur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.6% to 1.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 48.2% — it polled just 1.5% in 1978.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.5% of the vote between them, up from 81.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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