61. Powayan

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 1.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.1% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 87.4% — the field split more ways.

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