246. Rajapur

Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.1% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1980.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.6% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 5.1% to 61.6%.

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