168. Thiruvarur

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.7% to 24.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.0% between them, down from 88.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 73.3%.

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