136. Krishnarayapuram

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.8% to 20.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPuthiya Tamilagam (PT) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 94.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.7% to 83.0%.

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