313. Garotha

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.2% to 5.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 72.4% — the field split more ways.

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