115. Palladam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 13.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.5% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.7% to 71.7%.

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