267. Bhandara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 15.0%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 82.2% of the vote between them, up from 48.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 46.1% to 60.8%.

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