205. Sadalga

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.2% to 10.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 43.2% — it polled just 0.8% in 1978.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.9% of the vote between them, up from 86.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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