132. Purnea

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.9% to 9.4%.

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 35.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.7% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.

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