169. Hubli Rural

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.4% to 37.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.8% between them, down from 89.1% — the field split more ways.

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