177. Barmer

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 14.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.0% between them, down from 97.4% — the field split more ways.

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