61. Payal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.6% to 9.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.0% between them, down from 93.0% — the field split more ways.

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