36. Kudligi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.5% to 10.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 37.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.

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