173. Raipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.7% to 6.4%.

• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.1% of the vote between them, up from 60.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 27.2% to 52.1%.

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