1. Sawantwadi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.9% to 38.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.

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