212. Piparia

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.7% to 12.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSOP (SOP) finished second with 31.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.

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