167. Umarkhed

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.1% to 6.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.3% between them, down from 98.8% — the field split more ways.

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