85. Vijapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 1.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 99.2% — the field split more ways.

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