98. Mehkar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 8.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRPI (RPI) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 89.1% — the field split more ways.

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