297. Sarvankhera

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.5% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerICJ (ICJ) finished second with 22.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.6% between them, down from 58.6% — the field split more ways.

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