177. Kannad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.2% to 11.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 44.4% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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