228. Multai

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.5% to 2.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.6% between them, down from 70.6% — the field split more ways.

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