265. Ramtek

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 13.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPWP (PWP) finished second with 34.4% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 67.9%.

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