141. Tiruchirapalli (East)

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.6% to 13.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.6% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 6.5% to 68.9%.

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