396. Kithore

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.8% to 0.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.4% between them, down from 79.5% — the field split more ways.

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