101. Dhanbad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.7% to 12.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 68.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 10.9% to 44.0%.

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