209. Tiruchengode

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.3% to 4.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.6% of the vote between them, up from 75.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 23.4% to 60.2%.

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