308. Thandla

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.7% to 9.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 44.4% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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