42. Baniapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.5% to 7.3%.

• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 41.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.0% of the vote between them, up from 78.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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