18. Bhandaripokhari

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.1% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 89.4% — the field split more ways.

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