17. Yadgir

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.8% to 9.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 86.5% — the field split more ways.

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