159. Gulbarga

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.8% to 18.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 93.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 5.6% to 57.8%.

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