25. Neravy-Grand Aldee

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.6% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.6% between them, down from 73.3% — the field split more ways.

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