161. Gandevi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 10.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.1% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.

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