40. Jiribam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.8% to 26.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 22.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.

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