79. Sirhind

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 4.8% to 4.9%.

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 7.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 88.0% — the field split more ways.

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