73. Rajouri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.7% to 8.6%.

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 16.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to JKN (JKN).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.3% between them, down from 77.4% — the field split more ways.

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