186. Koppal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 4.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.8% between them, down from 90.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 63.2%.

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