103. Cherthala

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.3% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 41.7% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 94.9% — the field split more ways.

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