289. Dharwar South

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.1% to 39.7%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 29.3% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.3% of the vote between them, up from 78.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 59.8%.

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