305. Karad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.5% to 24.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.7% — it polled just 0.7% in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.6% between them, down from 90.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 8.9% to 60.7%.

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