143. Mandvi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.6% to 4.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 45.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 89.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.1% to 56.3%.

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