254. Khanapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 53.2% to 4.6%.

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 28.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.4% — it polled just 2.0% in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 89.8% — the field split more ways.

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