164. Basavanagudi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 25.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 23.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.6% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.

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