227. Zahirabad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.8% to 37.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 18.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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