286. Kopargaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.9% to 24.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.

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