196. Thirumangalam

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.4% to 11.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 35.4% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.4% between them, down from 96.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 78.0%.

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