216. Sabang

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 3.5%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 47.3% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 92.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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