Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Puri

Parliamentary constituency 303 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#303 · GEN

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors5,20,581

Votes polled2,56,875

Turnout49.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerR. RaySamyukta Socialist Party1,43,90156.0% of votes

MARGIN59,258 votes · 23.1 pp1,43,901 − 84,643

Runner-upB. Misra Indian National Congress84,64333.0% of votes

SSP 63.0% of top-two votesINC 37.0%

All candidates 3

01 R. RaySSP1,43,901 56.0%
02 B. MisraINC84,643 33.0%
03 R. C. DasIND14,620 5.7%

Turnout 49.3%

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 3 candidates = 2,43,164Residual 13,711

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
23.1 pp
R. RaySamyukta Socialist Party
1962
2.5 pp
Kisan PattanayakSocialist

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 23.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 89.0% of votes; the other 1 candidate 5.7% between them.
(1,43,901 + 84,643) ÷ 2,56,875 = 89.0% · 14,620 ÷ 2,56,875 = 5.7%
Turnout of 49.3% was 4.3 pp above the state's median seat (45.0%).
49.3 − 45.0 = +4.3
The margin widened from 2.5 pp in 1962 to 23.1 pp.
23.1 − 2.5 = +20.6 pp
The seat changed hands: SOCIAL in 1962, SSP in 1967.
1962 SOCIAL · 1967 SSP

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines2,43,164
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,56,875
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 13,711

Candidate votes miss the published total by 13,711, 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

Candidates3 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