65. Kandi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.7% to 14.8%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 42.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 72.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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