29. Palloor

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.8% to 13.1%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 40.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.6% of the vote between them, up from 83.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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