82. Eranakulam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.3% to 19.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.8% between them, down from 89.8% — the field split more ways.

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