290. Nanded

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 1.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.9% between them, down from 75.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 9.2% to 54.5%.

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