225. Kanker

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.3% to 10.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.9% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.

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