Whom do you think gonna be Mr & Ms Ramp Coimbatore ?

Indonesia cast more votes than any other country, 1,140 of them, and lined up behind Manish. The United States wasn't far behind at 1,132 votes, and went for Charukesh. Neither bloc got their pick: Abhinandhu took the crown on the strength of India and AP voters, 809 combined, out-organizing two bigger foreign crowds with a smaller, unified one.

That home-turf edge barely had to be an edge at all — Abhinandhu's 467 votes beat Charukesh's 408 by just 59, a 1.5-point gap in a 22-name field where the top four all landed within striking distance of each other. Nobody here won a mandate; Abhinandhu won a plurality, and a fractured one at that.

• Indonesia's pick · Poll's largest bloc (1,140 votes) backed Manish, not the winner
• US's pick · Second-largest bloc (1,132 votes) backed Charukesh, also fell short
• Home turf decided it · India + AP's 809 combined votes outweighed either single foreign bloc
• Margin · Winner led runner-up by just 59 votes, 1.5 points