263. Jalgaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.1% to 0.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 90.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 64.0%.

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