160. Raichur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.6% to 17.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.9% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.2% to 50.2%.

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