175. Degana

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.4% to 15.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Rashtrawadi Party (RRP) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.6% 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.