252. Sholapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.6% to 28.9%.

• New challengerHMS (HMS) finished second with 24.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.7% of the vote between them, up from 50.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 39.6% to 59.3%.

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