5. Palampur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.3% to 8.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 34.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.3% between them, down from 84.9% — the field split more ways.

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