331. Bikaner

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 63.8% to 14.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.7% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.8% of the vote between them, up from 78.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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