325. Mahoba

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 7.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.2% between them, down from 79.7% — the field split more ways.

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