123. Kapasin

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 20.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.0% — it polled just 0.5% in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.

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