163. Barmer

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.5% to 18.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 96.5% — the field split more ways.

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