239. Dharwad North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 19.4% to 31.4%.

• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.4% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.9% to 53.4%.

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