97. Purwa

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.4% to 11.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 18.5% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.9% between them, down from 76.7% — the field split more ways.

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