127. Madikeri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.0% to 11.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.0% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.

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