60. Kodakara

Kerala Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 37.4% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.7% between them, down from 95.5% — the field split more ways.

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