199. Ashti

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 1.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 38.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.0% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

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