220. Vasudevanallur

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 11.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPuthiya Tamilagam (PT) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 2011.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.7% between them, down from 93.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 74.1%.

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