96. Singhbhum

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.0% to 7.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.0% between them, down from 63.1% — the field split more ways.

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