153. Howrah Central

RCI held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.8% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1969.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 98.9% — the field split more ways.

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