109. Rae Bareli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.7% to 8.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.4% of the vote between them, up from 63.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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