191. Bijapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 15.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.0% between them, down from 85.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 13.3% to 47.2%.

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