186. Dharwad South

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.3% to 14.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 18.1% to 52.6%.

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