113. Salon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.9% to 18.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.3% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.

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