144. Patiala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 0.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 24.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.

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