155. Balia

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.6% to 21.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% 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.