175. Koppal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.7% to 1.6%.

• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 44.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.5% of the vote between them, up from 70.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.8% to 61.2%.

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