177. Thiruthuraipundi

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.3% to 43.0%.

• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.8% between them, down from 96.9% — the field split more ways.
• Safe seatCommunist Party of India won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a 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.