156. Bijapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.5% to 26.8%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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