Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Kendrapara

Parliamentary constituency 301 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#301 · GEN

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors5,61,875

Votes polled3,44,263

Turnout61.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerS. DwivedyPraja Socialist Party2,20,58264.1% of votes

MARGIN1,11,397 votes · 32.4 pp2,20,582 − 1,09,185

Runner-upS. Mohantty Indian National Congress1,09,18531.7% of votes

PSP 66.9% of top-two votesINC 33.1%

All candidates 2

01 S. DwivedyPSP2,20,582 64.1%
02 S. MohanttyINC1,09,185 31.7%

Turnout 61.3%

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 = 3,29,767Residual 14,496

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
32.4 pp
S. DwivedyPraja Socialist Party
1962
40.6 pp
Pratap Kessari DeoGanatantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 40.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 61.3% was 16.3 pp above the state's median seat (45.0%).
61.3 − 45.0 = +16.3
The margin narrowed from 40.6 pp in 1962 to 32.4 pp.
32.4 − 40.6 = −8.2 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 lines3,29,767
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled3,44,263
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 14,496

Candidate votes miss the published total by 14,496, 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