99. Changanassery

Kerala Congress (M) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.4% to 1.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.6% — it polled just 0.2% in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.6% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.7% to 75.2%.

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