24. Nadaun

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 8.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.1% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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