108. Chengannur

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.2% to 5.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 42.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

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