257. Khutahan

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.3% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJNPSC (JNPSC) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 85.4% — the field split more ways.

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