152. Howrah North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 0.5%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 49.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.4% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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