171. Kumbakonam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.8% to 4.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.6% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.9% to 76.6%.

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