116. Devgadh Baria

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.6% to 13.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.1% between them, down from 97.3% — the field split more ways.

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