213. Nilgiris

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 31.7% to 28.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.2% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.7% between them, down from 86.6% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 17.6% to 69.0%.

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