Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

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Parliamentary constituency 310 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#310 · GEN

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,84,807

Votes polled1,62,723

Turnout33.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerNityanand KanungoIndian National Congress88,34054.3% of votes

MARGIN23,953 votes · 14.7 pp88,340 − 64,387

Runner-upNishamani Khuntia Praja Socialist Party64,38739.6% of votes

INC 57.8% of top-two votesPSP 42.2%

All candidates 3

01 Nityanand KanungoINC88,340 54.3%
02 Nishamani KhuntiaPSP64,387 39.6%
03 Syed Fazal HaqueIND3,619 2.2%

Turnout 33.6%

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 = 1,56,346Residual 6,377

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
14.6 pp
A. DipaSwatantra Party
1962
14.7 pp
Nityanand KanungoIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 14.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 93.9% of votes; the other 1 candidate 2.2% between them.
(88,340 + 64,387) ÷ 1,62,723 = 93.9% · 3,619 ÷ 1,62,723 = 2.2%
Turnout of 33.6% was 7.8 pp above the state's median seat (25.8%).
33.6 − 25.8 = +7.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,56,346
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,62,723
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 6,377

Candidate votes miss the published total by 6,377, 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