Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Jajpur

Parliamentary constituency 300 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#300 · SC

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors5,37,526

Votes polled2,95,054

Turnout54.9%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerB. BeheraPraja Socialist Party1,71,20758.0% of votes

MARGIN64,037 votes · 21.7 pp1,71,207 − 1,07,170

Runner-upR. C. Mallick Indian National Congress1,07,17036.3% of votes

PSP 61.5% of top-two votesINC 38.5%

All candidates 2

01 B. BeheraPSP1,71,207 58.0%
02 R. C. MallickINC1,07,170 36.3%

Turnout 54.9%

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, 196745.0%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 2,78,377Residual 16,677

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
21.7 pp
B. BeheraPraja Socialist Party
1962
5.9 pp
Rajendra KohorGanatantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 21.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 54.9% was 9.9 pp above the state's median seat (45.0%).
54.9 − 45.0 = +9.9
The margin widened from 5.9 pp in 1962 to 21.7 pp.
21.7 − 5.9 = +15.8 pp
The seat changed hands: GP in 1962, PSP in 1967.
1962 GP · 1967 PSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines2,78,377
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,95,054
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 16,677

Candidate votes miss the published total by 16,677, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1967 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1967 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database