97. Lonar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 9.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.4% — it polled just 1.8% in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.4% of the vote between them, up from 80.7% — a tighter two-way contest.

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