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Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Chatrapur

Parliamentary constituency 286 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#286 · GEN
Poll date1 Mar 1971
Contestants4Candidate lines
Electors5,59,938
Votes polled2,59,232
Turnout46.3%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerJaganath Rao R.Indian National Congress1,50,27958.0% of votes
MARGIN85,933 votes · 33.1 pp1,50,279 − 64,346
Runner-upBrundaban Naiyak Utkal Congress64,34624.8% of votes
INC 70.0% of top-two votesUC 30.0%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Jaganath Rao R.INC1,50,279 58.0%
  2. 02 Brundaban NaiyakUC64,346 24.8%
  3. 03 Jaganath MishraIND22,956 8.9%
  4. 04 Ananta Tripathi SarmaINCO11,534 4.4%

Turnout 46.3%

025507510046.3%TURNOUT◦ state median 43.4%

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 20 seats, 197143.4%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 2,49,115Residual 10,117

Seat history 1971–1971

  1. 1971
    33.1 pp
    Jaganath Rao R.Indian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 82.8% of votes; the other 2 candidates 13.3% between them.

    (1,50,279 + 64,346) ÷ 2,59,232 = 82.8% · 34,490 ÷ 2,59,232 = 13.3%

  2. Turnout of 46.3% was 2.9 pp above the state's median seat (43.4%).

    46.3 − 43.4 = +2.9

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines2,49,115
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled2,59,232
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 10,117

Candidate votes miss the published total by 10,117, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 20 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1971 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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