31. Akuluto

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 13.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.0% between them, down from 76.9% — the field split more ways.

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