57. Nagaram

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 3.9%.

• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 46.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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