129. Kilimanoor

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.8% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.4% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.

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