53. Tuensang Sadar-I

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.0% to 24.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.6% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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