307. Ichalkaranji

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.3% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 36.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.3% — it polled just 0.4% in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.7% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 10.5% to 63.0%.

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