227. Pathanamthitta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 6.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.8% — it polled just 0.3% in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.

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