252. Tumkur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 30.8% to 33.2%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1951.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.2% of the vote between them, up from 73.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 8.9% to 50.8%.

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