Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

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Parliamentary constituency 306 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#306 · GEN

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,39,926

Votes polled1,35,057

Turnout30.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBaishnab Charan PatnaikIndian National Congress90,25066.8% of votes

MARGIN52,288 votes · 38.7 pp90,250 − 37,962

Runner-upRaja Sankar Pratap Singh Deb Mahindra Bahadur Ganatantra Parishad37,96228.1% of votes

INC 70.4% of top-two votesGP 29.6%

All candidates 2

01 Baishnab Charan PatnaikINC90,250 66.8%
02 Raja Sankar Pratap Singh Deb Mahindra BahadurGP37,962 28.1%

Turnout 30.7%

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 = 1,28,212Residual 6,845

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
19.6 pp
J. R. RachakondaIndian National Congress
1962
38.7 pp
Baishnab Charan PatnaikIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 30.7% was 4.9 pp above the state's median seat (25.8%).
30.7 − 25.8 = +4.9

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines1,28,212
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,35,057
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 6,845

Candidate votes miss the published total by 6,845, 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