187. Mysore

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.0% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (JD) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 76.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 8.6% to 61.3%.

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