261. Nandurbar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.8% to 23.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 91.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 52.1%.

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