304. Etawah

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 16.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.7% between them, down from 76.1% — the field split more ways.

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