107. Malout

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 1.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiromani Akali Dal (SAD) finished second with 37.7% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.

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