65. Balipara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.0% to 44.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 16.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% 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.