229. Bhiwandi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.1% to 19.9%.

• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.1% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 78.2% of the vote between them, up from 70.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 57.5%.

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