61. Chelakkara

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.7% to 18.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 2021.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 83.1% — the field split more ways.

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