306. Jhabua

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.5% to 42.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 90.7% — the field split more ways.

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