82. Eranakulam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.8% — it polled just 0.1% in 2016.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 84.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.8% to 65.9%.

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