79. Beohari

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.0% to 5.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 32.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 80.7% — the field split more ways.

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