41. Salepur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.6% to 12.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.1% 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.