19. Nyapin Palin

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.4% to 1.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.5% between them, down from 76.7% — the field split more ways.

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