187. Dharwad North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.2% to 4.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.9% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 14.2% to 49.4%.

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