416. Muzaffar Nagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.0% to 6.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.8% between them, down from 87.4% — the field split more ways.

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