61. Thakurdwara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.2% to 26.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.5% between them, down from 83.7% — the field split more ways.

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