12. Tellicherry

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.5% to 5.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.7% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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