25. Oinam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.8% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerMPP (MPP) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 97.0% — the field split more ways.

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