Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Jajpur

Parliamentary constituency 311 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#311 · SC

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,76,679

Votes polled1,35,346

Turnout28.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRamachandra MallickIndian National Congress80,74859.7% of votes

MARGIN35,697 votes · 26.4 pp80,748 − 45,051

Runner-upBaishnab Charan Mallick Praja Socialist Party45,05133.3% of votes

INC 64.2% of top-two votesPSP 35.8%

All candidates 3

01 Ramachandra MallickINC80,748 59.7%
02 Baishnab Charan MallickPSP45,051 33.3%
03 Lakshmidhar JenaIND4,124 3.0%

Turnout 28.4%

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 3 candidates = 1,29,923Residual 5,423

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
37.6 pp
R. R. S. DeoSwatantra Party
1962
26.4 pp
Ramachandra MallickIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 92.9% of votes; the other 1 candidate 3.0% between them.
(80,748 + 45,051) ÷ 1,35,346 = 92.9% · 4,124 ÷ 1,35,346 = 3.0%
Turnout of 28.4% was 2.6 pp above the state's median seat (25.8%).
28.4 − 25.8 = +2.6

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,29,923
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,35,346
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,423

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,423, 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

Candidates3 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