Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Balasore

Parliamentary constituency 314 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#314 · GEN

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,26,296

Votes polled1,58,368

Turnout37.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerGokulananda MahantyIndian National Congress87,25055.1% of votes

MARGIN29,559 votes · 18.7 pp87,250 − 57,691

Runner-upRabindra Mohan Das Praja Socialist Party57,69136.4% of votes

INC 60.2% of top-two votesPSP 39.8%

All candidates 3

01 Gokulananda MahantyINC87,250 55.1%
02 Rabindra Mohan DasPSP57,691 36.4%
03 Rajkishore MohantyIND6,959 4.4%

Turnout 37.2%

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 = 1,51,900Residual 6,468

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
32.2 pp
G. NaikSwatantra Party
1962
18.7 pp
Gokulananda MahantyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 32.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 91.5% of votes; the other 1 candidate 4.4% between them.
(87,250 + 57,691) ÷ 1,58,368 = 91.5% · 6,959 ÷ 1,58,368 = 4.4%
Turnout of 37.2% was 11.4 pp above the state's median seat (25.8%).
37.2 − 25.8 = +11.4

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,51,900
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,58,368
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 6,468

Candidate votes miss the published total by 6,468, 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