279. Vadgaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.1% to 32.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICS (ICS) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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