109. Palamau

The seat changed hands: Swatantra Party (SWA) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 19.4%.

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

• INC vote shareINC went from 26.8% to 43.1% of the vote here (+16.3%).
• New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.8% between them, down from 85.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 6.3% to 42.6%.

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