165. Bajag

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.6% to 4.5%.

• New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.8% of the vote between them, up from 59.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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