121. Shehra

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.6% to 0.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 33.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.8% between them, down from 79.3% — the field split more ways.

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