216. Hungund

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.1% to 1.2%.

• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.4% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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