55. Satyabadi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.8% to 11.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — 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 consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 81.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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