113. Palair

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 3.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.6% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.

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