162. Tarakeswar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.0% to 8.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 42.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 92.5% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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