55. Lahaul and Spiti

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 92.6% to 11.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 45.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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