77. Batala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.7% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.7% of the vote between them, up from 71.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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