119. Birapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.8% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 68.3% — the field split more ways.

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