159. Mankapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 82.7% to 58.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 11.9% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.8% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.

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