17. Ganderbal

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 59.4% to 54.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 15.5% — it did not contest here in 1987.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.7% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

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