104. Kayamkulam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.1% to 7.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1970 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1970.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.9% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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