215. South Solapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.2% to 7.1%.

• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 66.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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