243. Maval

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 2.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 94.7% — the field split more ways.

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