Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Balasore

Parliamentary constituency 278 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#278 · GEN

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants4Candidate lines

Electors5,24,558

Votes polled2,72,407

Turnout51.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerShyamsundar MohapatraIndian National Congress98,92636.3% of votes

MARGIN23,787 votes · 8.7 pp98,926 − 75,139

Runner-upSamarendra Kundu Praja Socialist Party75,13927.6% of votes

INC 56.8% of top-two votesPSP 43.2%

All candidates 4

01 Shyamsundar MohapatraINC98,926 36.3%
02 Samarendra KunduPSP75,139 27.6%
03 Nilamani RoutraiUC52,720 19.4%
04 Kanaklata DeviSWA33,772 12.4%

Turnout 51.9%

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 20 seats, 197143.4%
ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 2,60,557Residual 11,850

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
8.7 pp
Shyamsundar MohapatraIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 8.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed UC polled 52,720 votes, 2.2× the 23,787-vote margin.
52,720 ÷ 23,787 = 2.2
The top two polled 63.9% of votes; the other 2 candidates 31.8% between them.
(98,926 + 75,139) ÷ 2,72,407 = 63.9% · 86,492 ÷ 2,72,407 = 31.8%
Turnout of 51.9% was 8.5 pp above the state's median seat (43.4%).
51.9 − 43.4 = +8.5

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines2,60,557
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,72,407
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,850

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,850, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1971 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database