112. Pathanamthitta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.5% to 1.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.8% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.

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