176. Vedaranyam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 14.8%.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.6% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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