128. Pulgaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.6% to 26.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.2% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.

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