210. Pathanamthitta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.5% to 4.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 2014.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.9% between them, down from 76.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 8.6% to 74.2%.

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