485. Jangipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.3% to 16.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Sarvajan Party (RSP) finished second with 18.2% — it did not contest here in 1967.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.9% between them, down from 74.3% — the field split more ways.

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