380. Debai

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 0.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLKD (LKD) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.6% between them, down from 70.7% — the field split more ways.

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