169. Davangere

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.8% to 0.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 39.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 11.0% to 54.5%.

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