149. Sakoli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 5.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.5% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 86.5% — the field split more ways.

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