208. Padrauna North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.7% to 15.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.9% between them, down from 84.7% — the field split more ways.

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