409. Charthawal

Bhartiya Krishak Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.4% to 11.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.

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