86. Shirpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.1% to 23.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1995.

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