288. Osmanabad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 18.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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