72. Darbhanga

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.0% to 15.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.6% between them, down from 70.4% — the field split more ways.

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