277. Hoskote

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.0% to 59.9%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 17.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.4% of the vote between them, up from 88.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.3% to 54.1%.

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