185. Nimar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.9% to 6.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) finished second with 40.6% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 5.0% to 39.0%.

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