Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1967

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Assembly constituency 75 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#75 · GEN

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants6

Electors72,506

Votes polled42,350

Turnout58.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerN.K.KuluIndian National Congress17,38641.1% of votes

MARGIN8,447 votes · 20.0 pp17,386 − 8,939

Runner-upB.Balaji Independent8,93921.1% of votes

INC 66.0% of top-two votesIND 34.0%

All candidates 6

01 N.K.KuluINC17,386 41.1%
02 B.BalajiIND8,939 21.1%
03 P.V.K.RaoSWA8,546 20.2%
04 V.N.RegulagaddaIND4,099 9.7%
05 J.MisraCPI2,562 6.1%
06 B.PatnaikIND818 1.9%

Turnout 58.4%

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 140 seats, 196740.9%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 42,350Verified

Seat history 2019–1961

2019
3.7 pp
Sadasiva PradhaniBiju Janata Dal
2014
6.6 pp
Manohar RandhariBiju Janata Dal
2009
2.4 pp
Manohar RandhariBiju Janata Dal
2004
2.3 pp
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau PatnaikBiju Janata Dal
2000
19.4 pp
Dr. Ramesh Chandra Chyau PatnaikBiju Janata Dal
1995
3.7 pp
Ramesh Chandra Chyau PatnaikJanata Dal
1990
36.0 pp
Binayak MahapatraJanata Dal
1985
17.4 pp
Sibasankar SahaniIndian National Congress
1980
38.2 pp
Krushna Charan PatnaikIndian National Congress
1977
22.7 pp
Ratnamanjari DebiIndependent
1974
18.9 pp
Binayak AcharyaIndian National Congress
1971
0.1 pp
Latchanna Naidu DarapuSwatantra Party
1967
20.0 pp
N.K.KuluIndian National Congress
1961
1.0 pp
Tripathy BrundabanGantantra Parishad

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 38.2 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SWA polled 8,546 votes, 1.0× the 8,447-vote margin.
8,546 ÷ 8,447 = 1.0
The top two polled 62.2% of votes; the other 4 candidates 37.8% between them.
(17,386 + 8,939) ÷ 42,350 = 62.2% · 16,025 ÷ 42,350 = 37.8%
Turnout of 58.4% was 17.5 pp above the state's median seat (40.9%).
58.4 − 40.9 = +17.5
The margin widened from 1.0 pp in 1961 to 20.0 pp.
20.0 − 1.0 = +19.0 pp
The seat changed hands: GP in 1961, INC in 1967.
1961 GP · 1967 INC

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines42,350
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled42,350
Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

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

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 140 seats on the Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1967 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database