123. Sakti

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 38.1% to 38.9%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 76.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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