43. Khowai

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.0% to 21.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 35.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.5% between them, down from 98.1% — the field split more ways.

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