209. Pandharpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.5% to 23.4%.

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 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.4% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.

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