164. Darwha

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 5.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.8% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.

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