60. Palakol

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.5% to 18.7%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.

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