82. Nandurbar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.3% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.3% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.

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