14. Barkhola

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.7% to 11.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1983.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.1% between them, down from 82.5% — the field split more ways.

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