223. Chilkahar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.8% to 11.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) finished second with 36.7% — it polled just 1.2% in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.7% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.

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