71. Nowshera

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.4% to 1.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1967 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 69.3% — the field split more ways.

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