389. Hardoi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 12.5%.

• New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 64.6% of the vote between them, up from 55.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 56.5% to 41.3%.

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