132. Broach

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.1% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 36.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.7% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.1% to 65.3%.

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