Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

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Parliamentary constituency 302 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#302 · SC

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,20,780

Votes polled92,662

Turnout22.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerMahanand HrushikeshGanatantra Parishad50,92955.0% of votes

MARGIN18,019 votes · 19.4 pp50,929 − 32,910

Runner-upNag Sundarmani Indian National Congress32,91035.5% of votes

GP 60.7% of top-two votesINC 39.3%

All candidates 3

01 Mahanand HrushikeshGP50,929 55.0%
02 Nag SundarmaniINC32,910 35.5%
03 Sibika SomnathIND3,853 4.2%

Turnout 22.0%

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 3 candidates = 87,692Residual 4,970

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
4.4 pp
S. MisraPraja Socialist Party
1962
19.4 pp
Mahanand HrushikeshGanatantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 19.4 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 90.5% of votes; the other 1 candidate 4.2% between them.
(50,929 + 32,910) ÷ 92,662 = 90.5% · 3,853 ÷ 92,662 = 4.2%
Turnout of 22.0% was 3.8 pp below the state's median seat (25.8%).
22.0 − 25.8 = −3.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines87,692
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled92,662
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 4,970

Candidate votes miss the published total by 4,970, 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

Candidates3 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