239. Chakiya

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.0% to 11.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICJ (ICJ) finished second with 22.1% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 61.3% — the field split more ways.

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