159. Nanded

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.3% to 16.6%.

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 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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