214. Badami

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.7% to 0.5%.

• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 48.8% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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