253. Bayalsi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 11.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 22.1% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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