52. Chapra

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 5.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.1% between them, down from 80.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 7.4% to 58.3%.

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