Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Mayurbhanj

Parliamentary constituency 297 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#297 · ST

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,48,482

Votes polled1,59,380

Turnout35.5%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerM. MajhiSwatantra Party76,92948.3% of votes

MARGIN37,026 votes · 23.2 pp76,929 − 39,903

Runner-upD. C. Tudu Indian National Congress39,90325.0% of votes

SWA 65.8% of top-two votesINC 34.2%

All candidates 3

01 M. MajhiSWA76,929 48.3%
02 D. C. TuduINC39,903 25.0%
03 B. MajhiIND30,820 19.3%

Turnout 35.5%

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, 196745.0%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 1,47,652Residual 11,728

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
23.2 pp
M. MajhiSwatantra Party
1962
46.7 pp
Ulaka RamachandraIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 73.3% of votes; the other 1 candidate 19.3% between them.
(76,929 + 39,903) ÷ 1,59,380 = 73.3% · 30,820 ÷ 1,59,380 = 19.3%
Turnout of 35.5% was 9.5 pp below the state's median seat (45.0%).
35.5 − 45.0 = −9.5
The margin narrowed from 46.7 pp in 1962 to 23.2 pp.
23.2 − 46.7 = −23.5 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1962, SWA in 1967.
1962 INC · 1967 SWA

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,47,652
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,59,380
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,728

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,728, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1967 · 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 1967 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database