193. Aurangabad West

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.5% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.8% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.

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