246. Kodur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.2% to 10.5%.

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 13.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.4% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.

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