8. Ambattur

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 7.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 6.4% to 63.9%.

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