69. Dariapur-Kazipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.6% to 19.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Maratha Party (RMP) finished second with 36.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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