162. Bellary

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.6% to 11.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.1% between them, down from 97.5% — the field split more ways.

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