98. Bapatla

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.6% to 3.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 46.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.2% of the vote between them, up from 86.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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