158. Channagiri

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 17.8%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 45.6% to 53.9% of the vote here (+8.3%).
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.9% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.

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