459. Chail

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.1% to 3.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.5% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.1% to 38.9%.

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