155. Cuddalore

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 14.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 97.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.3% to 74.7%.

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