182. Belgaum

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.5% to 3.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.4% between them, down from 77.8% — the field split more ways.

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