123. Kundara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.3% to 0.7%.

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 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) to Independent (IND).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.6% of the vote between them, up from 86.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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