281. Panhala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 13.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.8% — it polled just 0.4% in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.4% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.

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