213. Pollachi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.2% to 6.2%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 46.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 66.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.5% to 59.6%.

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