199. Majholi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.1% to 19.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.1% between them, down from 90.2% — the field split more ways.

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