134. Ayodhya

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.0% to 11.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 21.6% — it polled just 0.6% in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.5% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.

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