188. Jamui

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.6% to 20.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 14.9% — it polled just 0.4% in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.6% between them, down from 72.0% — the field split more ways.

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