273. Palair

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.6% to 13.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.0% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

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