88. Ashokenagar

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.1% to 9.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 43.8% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.8% of the vote between them, up from 90.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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