181. Dharwad North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.2% to 9.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 63.6%.

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