89. Jeypore

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 59.1% to 3.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 44.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.7% of the vote between them, up from 83.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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