281. Chamarajanagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.9% to 26.6%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 35.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.2% of the vote between them, up from 64.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 8.1% to 56.2%.

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