156. Udhampur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.7% to 9.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 83.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 15.1% to 38.6%.

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