87. Sankari

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 17.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.3% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.8% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 84.0%.

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