27. Karaikal South

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.2% to 23.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 2021.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.3% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

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