141. Thirupparankundram

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.4% to 4.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.0% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.

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