50. Kangpokpi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.0% to 19.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1974 and 1980 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1974.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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