270. Bhilwadi Wangi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.8% to 0.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 42.5% — it polled just 1.4% in 1978.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.2% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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