128. Cossipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 5.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 30.6% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.

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