64. Marh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.9% to 16.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJharkhand People'S Party (JPP) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1983.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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