181. Titagarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.4% to 8.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerFBM (FBM) finished second with 35.8% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 80.4% of the vote between them, up from 66.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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