215. Chhindwara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 48.8%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.1% of the vote between them, up from 78.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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