Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Bhanjanagar

Parliamentary constituency 299 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#299 · SC

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,03,922

Votes polled48,650

Turnout12.0%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerMohan NayakIndian National Congress40,73583.7% of votes

MARGIN34,124 votes · 70.1 pp40,735 − 6,611

Runner-upDondapani Das Socialist6,61113.6% of votes

INC 86.0% of top-two votesSOCIAL 14.0%

All candidates 2

01 Mohan NayakINC40,735 83.7%
02 Dondapani DasSOCIAL6,611 13.6%

Turnout 12.0%

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 = 47,346Residual 1,304

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
6.8 pp
D. JenaIndependent
1962
70.1 pp
Mohan NayakIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 70.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 12.0% was 13.8 pp below the state's median seat (25.8%).
12.0 − 25.8 = −13.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines47,346
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled48,650
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 1,304

Candidate votes miss the published total by 1,304, 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