131. Laikera

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 52.0% to 2.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 84.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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