263. Jaoli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.6% to 25.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.5% between them, down from 85.4% — the field split more ways.

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