137. Talcher

JAC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.2% to 4.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUTC (UTC) finished second with 36.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 82.3% — the field split more ways.

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