426. Pratapgarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 59.6% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 32.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 83.6% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 7.1% to 44.8%.

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