17. Central Pendam-East Pendam

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 25.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRIS (RIS) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1985.

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