68. Mangawan

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.9% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJNPSR (JNPSR) finished second with 20.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.6% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.

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