Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Koraput

Parliamentary constituency 287 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#287 · ST

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors5,27,842

Votes polled1,72,916

Turnout32.8%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerBhagirathi GomangoIndian National Congress70,01240.5% of votes

MARGIN16,674 votes · 9.6 pp70,012 − 53,338

Runner-upBabaji Haraka Swatantra Party53,33830.8% of votes

INC 56.8% of top-two votesSWA 43.2%

All candidates 3

01 Bhagirathi GomangoINC70,012 40.5%
02 Babaji HarakaSWA53,338 30.8%
03 Ulaka RamachandraUC40,075 23.2%

Turnout 32.8%

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 20 seats, 197143.4%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 1,63,425Residual 9,491

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
9.6 pp
Bhagirathi GomangoIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 9.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed UC polled 40,075 votes, 2.4× the 16,674-vote margin.
40,075 ÷ 16,674 = 2.4
The top two polled 71.3% of votes; the other 1 candidate 23.2% between them.
(70,012 + 53,338) ÷ 1,72,916 = 71.3% · 40,075 ÷ 1,72,916 = 23.2%
Turnout of 32.8% was 10.6 pp below the state's median seat (43.4%).
32.8 − 43.4 = −10.6

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,63,425
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,72,916
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9,491

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9,491, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates3 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1971 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database