58. Gauhati East

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.1% to 25.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 87.3% — the field split more ways.

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