111. Belthangady

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.5% to 10.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% 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.