66. Shahjahanpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.0% to 2.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.9% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.

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