223. Chenari

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.4% to 17.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSHD (SHD) finished second with 15.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.6% between them, down from 56.9% — the field split more ways.

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