291. Karad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 68.4% to 34.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 26.1% — it polled just 1.6% in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 59.7%.

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