130. Mahudha

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 68.5% to 8.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 41.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.2% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.

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