435. Gonda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.1% to 35.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 48.6%.

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