14. Kuthuparamba

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.3% to 9.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.0% — it did not contest here in 1982.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.4% between them, down from 99.3% — the field split more ways.

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