Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1971

Keonjhar

Parliamentary constituency 294 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1971

[01]Result · 1971

#294 · ST

Poll date1 Mar 1971

Contestants4Candidate lines

Electors4,81,496

Votes polled1,54,501

Turnout32.1%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerKumar MajhiIndian National Congress63,70541.2% of votes

MARGIN19,512 votes · 12.6 pp63,705 − 44,193

Runner-upBairiganjan Naik Utkal Congress44,19328.6% of votes

INC 59.0% of top-two votesUC 41.0%

All candidates 4

01 Kumar MajhiINC63,705 41.2%
02 Bairiganjan NaikUC44,193 28.6%
03 Gurucharan NaikSWA31,091 20.1%
04 Khetra Mohan NaikIND7,563 4.9%

Turnout 32.1%

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 = 1,46,552Residual 7,949

Seat history 1971–1971

1971
12.6 pp
Kumar MajhiIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed SWA polled 31,091 votes, 1.6× the 19,512-vote margin.
31,091 ÷ 19,512 = 1.6
The top two polled 69.8% of votes; the other 2 candidates 25.0% between them.
(63,705 + 44,193) ÷ 1,54,501 = 69.8% · 38,654 ÷ 1,54,501 = 25.0%
Turnout of 32.1% was 11.3 pp below the state's median seat (43.4%).
32.1 − 43.4 = −11.3

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines1,46,552
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled1,54,501
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 7,949

Candidate votes miss the published total by 7,949, 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