151. Moodabidri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 3.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 32.7% — it polled just 1.0% in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 95.7% — the field split more ways.

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