155. Kurud

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.4% to 26.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.8% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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