181. Hingoli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 10.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 21.4% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.2% between them, down from 77.7% — the field split more ways.

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