305. Jobat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 58.9% to 51.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 10.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.2% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.

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