30. Sultan

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.9% to 4.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIcs (Scs) (ICSSCS) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.5% between them, down from 91.8% — the field split more ways.

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