12. Beas

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.0% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 24.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.8% between them, down from 83.5% — the field split more ways.

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