35. Zunheboto

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 6.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.5% between them, down from 77.8% — the field split more ways.

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