67. Basohli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.4% to 4.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.1% — it polled just 1.6% in 1983.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

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