173. Kolar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 10.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 84.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 9.8% to 61.4%.

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