203. Sankeshwar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 5.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 41.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.2% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.

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