45. Ramnagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.3% to 12.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.4% — it polled just 0.6% in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.4% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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