231. Pathardi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.6% to 4.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.3% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.7% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.

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