209. Muddebihal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 1.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 38.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.9% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.

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