51. Jatni

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 47.5% to 4.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.6% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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