189. Osian

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.4% to 17.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCU (INCU) finished second with 26.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.5% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.

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