80. Gunupur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 20.9% to 21.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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