147. Natham

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.9% to 5.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 35.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerADKJL (ADKJL) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.9% between them, down from 90.0% — the field split more ways.

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