165. Sumerpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.2% to 8.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.9% of the vote between them, up from 89.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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