169. Janjgir

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.9% to 21.3%.

• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.3% of the vote between them, up from 76.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 3.0% to 33.2%.

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