118. Lahowal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.7% to 17.7%.

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 3.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 23.4% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.4% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.

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