8. Saligao

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 9.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.

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