268. Bidar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.9% to 56.2%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 20.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 77.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.8% to 52.3%.

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