188. Gadag

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.7% to 15.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.

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