316. Pondicherry

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 38.3%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.4% to 68.9%.

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