111. Bolangir

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.8% to 48.7%.

• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.1% of the vote between them, up from 51.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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