178. Monghyr

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 39.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 88.4% of the vote between them, up from 77.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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