96. Nelamangala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.0% to 3.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 32.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.3% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.5% between them, down from 96.2% — the field split more ways.

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