272. Miraj

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.7% to 17.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.4% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.

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