196. Siswa

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.0% to 3.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 44.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 71.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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