59. Ranibennur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 19.1%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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