156. Saoli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 11.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 19.3% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.1% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.

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