410. Ramanathapuram

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 9.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 83.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 9.9% to 68.6%.

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