111. Santrampur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.9% to 13.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKLP (KLP) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% between them, down from 77.9% — the field split more ways.

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