244. Makhdumpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 14.5% to 14.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.

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