201. Athani

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.2% to 23.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 37.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 92.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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