41. Cuttack City

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 11.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.0% between them, down from 69.7% — the field split more ways.

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