217. Muddebihal

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 14.5%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 30.6% to 57.2% of the vote here (+26.6%).
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 42.8% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 85.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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