88. Nalanda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.4% to 16.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.3% between them, down from 82.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.6% to 48.6%.

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