371. Tindivanam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.8% to 15.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.8% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.9% to 67.6%.

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