206. Latur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.8% to 21.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 90.3% — the field split more ways.

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