36. Vandre

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.6% to 5.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.4% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.

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