388. Thanjavur

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.8% to 31.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) finished second with 17.8% — it did not contest here in 2019.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 76.5% — the field split more ways.

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