219. Thanjavur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.5% to 15.9%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 42.1% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 89.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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