82. Dharmapuri

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.9% to 17.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.8% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.

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