114. Pathanapuram

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.9% to 1.3%.

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 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKCP (KCP) finished second with 48.7% — it did not contest here in 1970.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.7% of the vote between them, up from 91.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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