163. Yavatmal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.2% to 47.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 17.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.7% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.

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