Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1957

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Parliamentary constituency 262 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1957

[01]Result · 1957

#262 · GEN

Poll date25 Feb 1957

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,11,216

Votes polled1,57,551

Turnout38.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerChintamani PanigrahiCommunist Party of India76,83948.8% of votes

MARGIN8,036 votes76,839 − 68,803, from candidate lines

Runner-upLokanath Misra Indian National Congress68,80343.7% of votes

CPI 52.8% of top-two votesINC 47.2%

All candidates 3

01 Chintamani PanigrahiCPI76,839 48.8%
02 Lokanath MisraINC68,803 43.7%
03 Nanda Kumar ShuklaIND11,909 7.6%

Turnout 38.3%

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 14 seats, 195737.4%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 1,57,551Verified

Seat history 1957–1957

1957
Margin not recorded
Chintamani PanigrahiCommunist Party of India

No contest on this seat carries a margin percentage.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed IND polled 11,909 votes, 1.5× the 8,036-vote margin.
11,909 ÷ 8,036 = 1.5
The top two polled 92.4% of votes; the other 1 candidate 7.6% between them.
(76,839 + 68,803) ÷ 1,57,551 = 92.4% · 11,909 ÷ 1,57,551 = 7.6%
Turnout of 38.3% was 1.0 pp above the state's median seat (37.4%).
38.3 − 37.4 = +1.0

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,57,551
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,57,551
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

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

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1957 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 14 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1957 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database