58. Murbad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 24.3% to 25.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.8% — it polled just 0.8% in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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