130. Arsikere

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 21.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.9% — it polled just 0.9% in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.

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