Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Nowrangpur

Parliamentary constituency 288 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#288 · ST

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors5,54,847

Votes polled1,40,243

Turnout25.3%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKhagipathi PradhaniIndian National Congress54,60938.9% of votes

MARGIN9,617 votes · 6.9 pp54,609 − 44,992

Runner-upMudi Nayak Utkal Congress44,99232.1% of votes

INC 54.8% of top-two votesUC 45.2%

All candidates 3

01 Khagipathi PradhaniINC54,609 38.9%
02 Mudi NayakUC44,992 32.1%
03 Toyaka SangannaINCO30,742 21.9%

Turnout 25.3%

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 3 candidates = 1,30,343Residual 9,900

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
6.9 pp
Khagipathi PradhaniIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 6.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed INCO polled 30,742 votes, 3.2× the 9,617-vote margin.
30,742 ÷ 9,617 = 3.2
The top two polled 71.0% of votes; the other 1 candidate 21.9% between them.
(54,609 + 44,992) ÷ 1,40,243 = 71.0% · 30,742 ÷ 1,40,243 = 21.9%
Turnout of 25.3% was 18.1 pp below the state's median seat (43.4%).
25.3 − 43.4 = −18.1

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines1,30,343
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,40,243
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 9,900

Candidate votes miss the published total by 9,900, 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

Candidates3 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