38. Englishbazar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.2% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.3% between them, down from 84.1% — the field split more ways.

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