Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1952

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Parliamentary constituency 188 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1952

[01]Result · 1952

#188 · GEN

Poll date27 Mar 1952

Contestants4Candidate lines

Electors3,99,482

Votes polled1,64,145

Turnout41.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerHarekrishna MahtabIndian National Congress89,38754.5% of votes

MARGIN49,811 votes89,387 − 39,576, from candidate lines

Runner-upBaidyanath Rath Communist Party of India39,57624.1% of votes

INC 69.3% of top-two votesCPI 30.7%

All candidates 4

01 Harekrishna MahtabINC89,387 54.5%
02 Baidyanath RathCPI39,576 24.1%
03 Lakhminarayan SahuSOCIAL25,306 15.4%
04 Khitish Ch. RayKMPP9,876 6.0%

Turnout 41.1%

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 4 candidates = 1,64,145Verified

Seat history 1952–1952

1952
Margin not recorded
Harekrishna MahtabIndian National Congress

No contest on this seat carries a margin percentage.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 78.6% of votes; the other 2 candidates 21.4% between them.
(89,387 + 39,576) ÷ 1,64,145 = 78.6% · 35,182 ÷ 1,64,145 = 21.4%
Turnout of 41.1% was 6.1 pp above the state's median seat (35.0%).
41.1 − 35.0 = +6.1

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines1,64,145
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,64,145
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

Candidates4 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