102. Maddur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.6% to 10.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.5% between them, down from 87.8% — the field split more ways.

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