148. Mahsi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 3.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 26.6% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.8% between them, down from 62.2% — the field split more ways.

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