83. Sagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.7% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 75.9% of the vote between them, up from 69.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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