48. Phagi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.5% to 0.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 29.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.8% between them, down from 94.7% — the field split more ways.

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