121. Shehra

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 3.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 86.9% — the field split more ways.

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