188. Gadag

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.5% to 22.7%.

• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 80.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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