241. Luxettipet

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.3% to 26.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 36.6% — it polled just 1.7% in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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