124. Forbesganj

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 20.3% to 21.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 26.9% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.9% between them, down from 84.4% — the field split more ways.

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