183. Chhindwara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.0% to 17.6%.

• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 30.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.1% of the vote between them, up from 50.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 30.0% to 36.6%.

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