152. Karnal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.5% to 8.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.5% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 65.6%.

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