78. Balipara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.8% to 36.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 19.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.1% between them, down from 85.4% — the field split more ways.

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