81. Malkangiri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.8% to 31.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 16.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 80.6% — the field split more ways.

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