37. Curchorem

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.3% to 30.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 19.9% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.2% between them, down from 99.1% — the field split more ways.

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