397. Meerut

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.0% to 4.8%.

• 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 41.0% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.8% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.

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