146. Udupi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.3% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.0% — it polled just 0.4% in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% between them, down from 99.6% — the field split more ways.

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