178. Vaijapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.0% to 21.1%.

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 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.

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