Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Bhadrak

Parliamentary constituency 313 (SC) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#313 · SC

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,82,279

Votes polled1,30,783

Turnout27.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKanhu Charan JenaIndian National Congress86,89366.4% of votes

MARGIN48,297 votes · 36.9 pp86,893 − 38,596

Runner-upSidheswar Jena Praja Socialist Party38,59629.5% of votes

INC 69.2% of top-two votesPSP 30.8%

All candidates 2

01 Kanhu Charan JenaINC86,893 66.4%
02 Sidheswar JenaPSP38,596 29.5%

Turnout 27.1%

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 2 candidates = 1,25,489Residual 5,294

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
20.6 pp
D. AmatSwatantra Party
1962
36.9 pp
Kanhu Charan JenaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 27.1% was 1.3 pp above the state's median seat (25.8%).
27.1 − 25.8 = +1.3

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines1,25,489
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,30,783
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 5,294

Candidate votes miss the published total by 5,294, 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

Candidates2 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