83. Khandpara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 58.8% to 50.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 15.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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