15. Ponda

MAG held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.5% to 3.0%.

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 12.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NMG (NMG) to Indian National Congress (INC).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 89.4% of the vote between them, up from 80.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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