143. Nasvadi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 5.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKLP (KLP) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.8% of the vote between them, up from 76.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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