28. Suruda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 6.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.6% between them, down from 74.8% — the field split more ways.

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