48. Hiriyur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.1% to 15.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.

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