24. Malbar Hill

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.9% to 12.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 97.4% — the field split more ways.

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