112. Dalmau

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 19.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.4% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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