Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1952

Kendrapara

Parliamentary constituency 187 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1952

[01]Result · 1952

#187 · GEN

Poll date27 Mar 1952

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,00,630

Votes polled1,73,806

Turnout43.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerNityananda KanungoIndian National Congress84,54048.6% of votes

MARGIN38,052 votes84,540 − 46,488, from candidate lines

Runner-upDhruba Ch. Sahu Socialist Party46,48826.7% of votes

INC 64.5% of top-two votesSOCIAL 35.5%

All candidates 3

01 Nityananda KanungoINC84,540 48.6%
02 Dhruba Ch. SahuSOCIAL46,488 26.7%
03 Jyotish Ch. LenkaKMPP42,778 24.6%

Turnout 43.4%

Electors by sex are not recorded for this contest.

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 malesNot recorded
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 15 seats, 195235.0%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 1,73,806Verified

Seat history 1952–1952

1952
Margin not recorded
Nityananda KanungoIndian National Congress

No contest on this seat carries a margin percentage.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed KMPP polled 42,778 votes, 1.1× the 38,052-vote margin.
42,778 ÷ 38,052 = 1.1
The top two polled 75.4% of votes; the other 1 candidate 24.6% between them.
(84,540 + 46,488) ÷ 1,73,806 = 75.4% · 42,778 ÷ 1,73,806 = 24.6%
Turnout of 43.4% was 8.4 pp above the state's median seat (35.0%).
43.4 − 35.0 = +8.4

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,73,806
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,73,806
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1952 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 15 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1952 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database