232. Sahar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.9% to 0.6%.

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 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from SOC (SOC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.5% between them, down from 76.6% — the field split more ways.

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