174. Kanakapura

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 4.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.8% between them, down from 77.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 7.9% to 57.9%.

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