237. Parner

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.8% to 5.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 19.9% — it polled just 0.5% in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.6% between them, down from 74.3% — the field split more ways.

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