187. Sahjanwa

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.1% to 14.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 14.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.5% between them, down from 72.4% — the field split more ways.

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