55. Daspalla

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 36.2% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 36.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerGP (GP) finished second with 21.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.3% between them, down from 85.2% — the field split more ways.

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