70. Jamunamukh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.1% to 23.2%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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