127. Varkala

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 11.9% to 12.2%.

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 4.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBLD (BLD) finished second with 37.2% — it did not contest here in 1970.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.6% between them, down from 96.4% — the field split more ways.

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