93. Channapatna

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.9% to 19.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1978 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from NCO (NCO) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.6% between them, down from 93.4% — the field split more ways.

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