450. Chail

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.9% to 27.6%.

• New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 32.6% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 92.8% of the vote between them, up from 72.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 11.1% to 29.3%.

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