271. Yeotmal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 26.6% to 34.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.7% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 7.3% to 73.9%.

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