157. Jammu

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 3.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.8% of the vote between them, up from 71.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 13.8% to 55.8%.

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