26. Karaikal North

AINRC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.4% to 0.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to Indian National Congress (INC).
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.0% to 77.4%.

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