76. Kishanganj

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.7% to 8.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 27.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.3% between them, down from 74.1% — the field split more ways.

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