323. Rath

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.1% to 27.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 21.9% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 76.8% — the field split more ways.

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