306. Sangli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.0% to 22.7%.

• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 31.2% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.2% between them, down from 99.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 8.8% to 68.5%.

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