43. Sham Chaurasi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 8.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.1% between them, down from 71.5% — the field split more ways.

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