74. Hosur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.4% to 8.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.1% of the vote between them, up from 83.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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