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Odisha Lok Sabha 1957

Results board · 14 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateOdisha
Seats
14
Constituencies
Majority
8
Seats needed of 14
Electors
79.84L
On the roll
Votes polled
44.40L
55.6% of electors
Median turnout
37.4%
Median of 14 seats
INC short
−3
Below majority · 5 − 8

[01]Seat matrix

14 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 14 seats: INC 5, GP 5, IND 2, PSP 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 8 seats. Hemicycle of 14 seats: INC 5, GP 5, IND 2, PSP 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 8 seats.
Majority · 8 of 14INC 5 · 3 short of majority
INC 535.7% Indian National Congress
GP 535.7% Ganatantra Parishad
IND 214.3% Independents
PSP 17.1% Praja Socialist Party
CPI 17.1% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 40.0%5 seats · 35.7%
GP 29.1%5 seats · 35.7%
PSP 15.4%1 seat · 7.1%
CPI 4.8%1 seat · 7.1%
Others 10.7%2 seats · 14.3%

Vote share not published

  • IND2 seats

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 40.0% of votes into 35.7% of seats, a seat deficit of 4.3 pp.

    5 ÷ 14 = 35.7% · 35.7 − 40.0 = −4.3

  2. PSP polled 15.4% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 1 seat (7.1%).

    1 ÷ 14 = 7.1% · 7.1 − 15.4 = −8.3

  3. Turnout ran from 20.0% in Koraput to 45.4% in Sundargarh; the median seat polled 37.4%.

    min / median / max over 14 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

14 of 14 seats carry a turnout
025507510037.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 14100.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 00.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestKoraput20.0%
  • HighestSundargarh45.4%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

14 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Odisha Lok Sabha 1957, all 14 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
249 Koraput R. Jagannath Rao Indian National Congress 3,17,456 not recorded not recorded 20.0
250 Ganjam Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress 5,45,590 not recorded not recorded 36.3
251 Kalahandi Pratap Keshari Deo Ganatantra Parishad 4,71,952 not recorded not recorded 32.2
252 Sambalpur Banamali Kumbhar Ganatantra Parishad 4,62,051 not recorded not recorded 29.0
253 SundargarhST Chandramani Kalo Ganatantra Parishad 1,86,563 not recorded not recorded 45.4
254 Keonjhar Bhanj Deo Laxmi Narayan Independent 93,392 not recorded not recorded 27.0
255 MayurbhanjST Ram Chandra Majhi Independent 97,175 not recorded not recorded 24.4
256 Balasore Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress 6,93,456 not recorded not recorded 42.3
257 Kendrapara Surendranath Dwivedy Praja Socialist Party 7,59,146 not recorded not recorded 44.5
258 Cuttack Nityananda Kanungo Indian National Congress 1,78,408 not recorded not recorded 41.1
259 Dhenkanai Surendra Mohanty Ganatantra Parishad 1,67,688 not recorded not recorded 40.4
260 Angul Badkumar Pratap Ganga Deb Ganatantra Parishad 1,47,667 not recorded not recorded 36.4
261 Bhubaneswar Nrusinha Charan Samantasinhar Indian National Congress 1,62,395 not recorded not recorded 39.3
262 Puri Chintamani Panigrahi Communist Party of India 1,57,551 not recorded not recorded 38.3
No seat carries a margin“not recorded”: the source carries no figure for that seat

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1957 · Odisha · 14 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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