293. Bagalkot

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.9% to 36.5%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 80.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 59.3%.

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