175. Udupi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 26.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 6.0% to 64.8%.

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