Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Kalahandi

Parliamentary constituency 289 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#289 · GEN

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants6Candidate lines

Electors4,36,752

Votes polled1,69,068

Turnout38.7%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerPratap Keshari DeoSwatantra Party89,09852.7% of votes

MARGIN65,874 votes · 39.0 pp89,098 − 23,224

Runner-upArjun Pattjoshi Indian National Congress23,22413.7% of votes

SWA 79.3% of top-two votesINC 20.7%

All candidates 6

01 Pratap Keshari DeoSWA89,098 52.7%
02 Arjun PattjoshiINC23,224 13.7%
03 Gangadhar HotaUC15,520 9.2%
04 Tripura MajhiPSP14,324 8.5%
05 Manu MajhiIND8,155 4.8%
06 Premlal PradhanIND6,323 3.7%

Turnout 38.7%

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 6 candidates = 1,56,644Residual 12,424

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
39.0 pp
Pratap Keshari DeoSwatantra Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 39.0 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 66.4% of votes; the other 4 candidates 26.2% between them.
(89,098 + 23,224) ÷ 1,69,068 = 66.4% · 44,322 ÷ 1,69,068 = 26.2%
Turnout of 38.7% was 4.7 pp below the state's median seat (43.4%).
38.7 − 43.4 = −4.7

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines1,56,644
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,69,068
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 12,424

Candidate votes miss the published total by 12,424, 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

Candidates6 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