87. Bawan

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 1.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.2% between them, down from 92.2% — the field split more ways.

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