257. Bhor

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.9% to 32.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.9% — it polled just 1.6% in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.2% between them, down from 98.4% — the field split more ways.

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