Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Kalahandi

Parliamentary constituency 309 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#309 · GEN

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,15,610

Votes polled1,74,994

Turnout42.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerP. K. DeoSwatantra Party1,08,33661.9% of votes

MARGIN58,679 votes · 33.5 pp1,08,336 − 49,657

Runner-upA. Pattajoshi Indian National Congress49,65728.4% of votes

SWA 68.6% of top-two votesINC 31.4%

All candidates 2

01 P. K. DeoSWA1,08,336 61.9%
02 A. PattajoshiINC49,657 28.4%

Turnout 42.1%

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 = 1,57,993Residual 17,001

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
33.5 pp
P. K. DeoSwatantra Party
1962
27.6 pp
Raja Purna Chandra Deo BhanjIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 42.1% was 2.9 pp below the state's median seat (45.0%).
42.1 − 45.0 = −2.9
The margin widened from 27.6 pp in 1962 to 33.5 pp.
33.5 − 27.6 = +5.9 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1962, SWA in 1967.
1962 INC · 1967 SWA

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines1,57,993
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,74,994
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 17,001

Candidate votes miss the published total by 17,001, 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