312. Koraput

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.2% to 12.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 6.6% to 39.8%.

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