Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

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Parliamentary constituency 291 (GEN) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#291 · GEN

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants4Candidate lines

Electors5,01,534

Votes polled2,13,390

Turnout42.6%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerRaj Raj Singh DeoSwatantra Party1,24,94558.6% of votes

MARGIN70,976 votes · 33.3 pp1,24,945 − 53,969

Runner-upSadananda Misra Indian National Congress53,96925.3% of votes

SWA 69.8% of top-two votesINC 30.2%

All candidates 4

01 Raj Raj Singh DeoSWA1,24,945 58.6%
02 Sadananda MisraINC53,969 25.3%
03 Swapnananda PanigrahiUC16,703 7.8%
04 Mahabir Prasad DodakaIND6,286 2.9%

Turnout 42.6%

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 = 2,01,903Residual 11,487

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
33.3 pp
Raj Raj Singh DeoSwatantra Party

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 33.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 83.8% of votes; the other 2 candidates 10.8% between them.
(1,24,945 + 53,969) ÷ 2,13,390 = 83.8% · 22,989 ÷ 2,13,390 = 10.8%
Turnout of 42.6% was 0.8 pp below the state's median seat (43.4%).
42.6 − 43.4 = −0.8

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines2,01,903
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,13,390
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 11,487

Candidate votes miss the published total by 11,487, 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