34. Danta - Ramgarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 17.6%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 89.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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