153. Surat City West

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.0% to 23.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Swatantra Party (SWA) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 89.9% — the field split more ways.

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