210. Maner

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.3% to 5.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 21.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.4% between them, down from 73.7% — the field split more ways.

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