207. Rudrapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 15.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 25.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.4% between them, down from 78.3% — the field split more ways.

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