44. Kandivali

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.4% to 9.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 83.0% — the field split more ways.

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