489. Bankura

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.3% to 18.8%.

• New challengerPraja Socialist Party (PSP) finished second with 32.3% — it did not contest here in 1957.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 83.5% of the vote between them, up from 49.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 43.3% to 32.2%.

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