123. Walgaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 2.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.0% between them, down from 74.7% — the field split more ways.

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