27. Neduncadu

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.3% to 36.8%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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