24. Malbar Hill

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 2.0%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 24.5% to 43.3% of the vote here (+18.8%).
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.6% of the vote between them, up from 73.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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