Seat record · Lok Sabha

Sambalpur

Parliamentary constituency 312 (GEN) · Odisha · 2 contests, 1962–1967

State boardOdisha 1967

Held by

INC

S. Supakar · 1967

Contests

1962–1967

Parties that won

Across all 2 contests

Median margin

3.8pp

Over all 2 contests

Margin 1967

15,762votes

7.7 pp of votes polled

Turnout 1967

38.6%

Seat median 40.6% over 2 contests

[01]Winners and margins

Newest first · bars scaled to the widest margin, 7.7 pp

1967
7.7 pp
S. SupakarIndian National Congressby 15,762 votes
1962
0.0 pp
Surendranath DwivedyPraja Socialist Partyby 66 votes

[02]Parties on this seat

6 parties and independents

INC 1 of 250% won · 1 second PSP 1 of 1100% won BJS 0 of 10% won CPI 0 of 10% won IND 0 of 10% won SSP 0 of 10% won SWA 0 of 10% won · 1 second

Won of candidatures, counted from the published candidate lines; independents are counted together.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC and PSP won 1 each of 2 contests on record.
wins by party: INC 1 · PSP 1
The seat changed party 1 time in 1 successive pairs of contests.
1962 PSP → 1967 INC
The closest contest was 1962 at 0.0 pp; the widest 1967 at 7.7 pp.
min / max of margin % over 2 contests
Turnout moved from 42.5% in 1962 to 38.6% in 1967, −3.9 pp.
38.6 − 42.5 = −3.9

Each line is arithmetic over the contests on this page.

[04]Turnout by year

White mark: seat median, 40.6%

1967 38.6%

1962 42.5%

[05]Every contest

2 rows · most recent first

Every Lok Sabha contest on record for Sambalpur, Odisha
Year	Winner	Party	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
1967	S. Supakar	Indian National Congress	15,762	7.7	38.6
1962	Surendranath Dwivedy	Praja Socialist Party	66	0.0	42.5

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 15,762 votes

ContestsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha · Sambalpur, Odisha · 2 contests · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Party recordCounted from the published candidate lines for this seat · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Medians and countsComputed from the contests on this page when the page was built