181. Parbatta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.2% to 2.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 37.4% between them, down from 76.3% — the field split more ways.

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