279. Kanakapura

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.1% to 61.1%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.8% of the vote between them, up from 73.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 63.0%.

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