406. Gonda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.5% to 0.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSwatantra Party (SWA) finished second with 40.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.1% between them, down from 90.2% — the field split more ways.

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