304. Mandya

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 22.8% to 25.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.5% to 64.3%.

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