272. Pratappur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.5% to 4.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 84.0% — the field split more ways.

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