104. Phulbari

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 22.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.

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