61. Jaganathprasad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 42.8% to 18.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 33.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 85.2% of the vote between them, up from 74.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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