24. Serchhip

PPC held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 2.7% to 2.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 79.7% — the field split more ways.

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