155. Chandrapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.4% to 19.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.

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