41. Cuttack City

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 13.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1961 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.7% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

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