189. Thirumaiyam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.1% to 0.3%.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.2% of the vote between them, up from 51.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Knife-edgeDecided by 223 votes (0.26%) — among the closest results anywhere.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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