177. Mandya

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 15.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.3% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 10.4% to 63.0%.

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