Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Nowrangpur

Parliamentary constituency 296 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#296 · GEN

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,20,286

Votes polled62,814

Turnout15.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRachakonda Jaganath RaoIndian National Congress32,23151.3% of votes

MARGIN4,939 votes · 7.9 pp32,231 − 27,292

Runner-upNutakki Ramaseshaiah Ganatantra Parishad27,29243.4% of votes

INC 54.1% of top-two votesGP 45.9%

All candidates 2

01 Rachakonda Jaganath RaoINC32,231 51.3%
02 Nutakki RamaseshaiahGP27,292 43.4%

Turnout 15.0%

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 19 seats, 196225.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 59,523Residual 3,291

Seat history 1971–1962

1971
8.7 pp
Pratap Gangadebbad KumarIndian National Congress
1962
7.9 pp
Rachakonda Jaganath RaoIndian National Congress

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

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 15.0% was 10.8 pp below the state's median seat (25.8%).
15.0 − 25.8 = −10.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines59,523
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled62,814
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 3,291

Candidate votes miss the published total by 3,291, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 19 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1962 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database