177. Singnapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 20.8% to 20.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.3% — it polled just 0.2% in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 98.2% — the field split more ways.

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