106. Coimbatore South

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.2% to 8.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1984.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 95.0% — the field split more ways.

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