162. Poompuhar

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.7% to 10.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian Union Muslim League (IUML) finished second with 35.1% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.6% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 75.6%.

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