117. Seoni

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 66.1% to 28.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.4% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.

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