287. Seraikella

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 10.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 35.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.2% of the vote between them, up from 76.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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