108. Katghora

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.2% to 3.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 21.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.3% between them, down from 72.7% — the field split more ways.

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