425. Rae Bareli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 57.5% to 18.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 24.7% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.5% between them, down from 82.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 10.0% to 48.2%.

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