145. Kaup

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.3% to 14.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.0% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.

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