148. Simla

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 64.1% to 13.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 31.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.4% to 58.6%.

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