243. Kanara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.1% to 23.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 25.9% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.9% to 56.3%.

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