153. Bakhtiarpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 14.9% to 36.4%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.3% of the vote between them, up from 69.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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