222. Ernakulam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.6% to 10.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.4% — it polled just 0.4% in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% between them, down from 90.5% — the field split more ways.

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