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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1961

Bhograi

Assembly constituency 129 · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1961

[01]Result · 1961

#129
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants3
Electors58,367
Votes polled28,230
Turnout48.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerDas Pyari MohanPragati Sheel Party16,86359.7% of votes
MARGIN6,008 votes · 21.3 pp16,863 − 10,855
Runner-upDas Durga Sankar Indian National Congress10,85538.5% of votes
PRAGAT 60.8% of top-two votesINC 39.2%

All candidates 3

  1. 01 Das Pyari MohanPRAGAT16,863 59.7%
  2. 02 Das Durga SankarINC10,855 38.5%
  3. 03 Chand JogendraGP512 1.8%

Turnout 48.4%

025507510048.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 33.8%

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 140 seats, 196133.8%
  • ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 28,230Verified

Seat history 2019–1961

  1. 2019
    9.4 pp
    Purna Chandra SwainBiju Janata Dal
  2. 2014
    11.7 pp
    Purna Chandra SwainBiju Janata Dal
  3. 2009
    3.7 pp
    Purna Chandra SwainBiju Janata Dal
  4. 2004
    1.1 pp
    Anup Kumar SaiIndian National Congress
  5. 2000
    11.2 pp
    Anup Kumar SaiIndian National Congress
  6. 1998
    0.6 pp
    Keshab SahooIndian National Congress
  7. 1995
    2.9 pp
    Prasanna Kumar PandaCommunist Party of India
  8. 1990
    33.9 pp
    Prasanna Kumar PandaCommunist Party of India
  9. 1985
    4.3 pp
    Prasannakumar PandaCommunist Party of India
  10. 1980
    18.2 pp
    Upendra DixitIndian National Congress
  11. 1977
    8.7 pp
    Upendra DikshitIndian National Congress
  12. 1974
    49.2 pp
    Prasanna Kumar PandaCommunist Party of India
  13. 1971
    10.2 pp
    Chhotanan MajhiUtkal Congress
  14. 1967
    38.9 pp
    G.MundaSwatantra Party
  15. 1961
    21.3 pp
    Das Pyari MohanPragati Sheel Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 49.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 98.2% of votes; the other 1 candidate 1.8% between them.

    (16,863 + 10,855) ÷ 28,230 = 98.2% · 512 ÷ 28,230 = 1.8%

  2. Turnout of 48.4% was 14.6 pp above the state's median seat (33.8%).

    48.4 − 33.8 = +14.6

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines28,230
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled28,230
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1961 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1961 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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