325. Tarn Taran

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.7% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerINCI (INCI) finished second with 44.8% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.9% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 12.2% to 58.4%.

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