213. Paliganj

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.3% to 20.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIPF (IPF) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.9% between them, down from 88.6% — the field split more ways.

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