56. Naoda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.9% to 0.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 59.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Knife-edgeDecided by 169 votes (0.34%) — among the closest results anywhere.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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