293. Ichalkaranji

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.5% to 11.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.4% — it polled just 0.6% in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.0% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.

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