373. Sikandara Rao

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.8% to 7.1%.

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 18.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.6% between them, down from 87.3% — the field split more ways.

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