Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1967

Sundargarh

Parliamentary constituency 313 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1967

[01]Result · 1967

#313 · ST

Poll date15 Feb 1967

Contestants3Candidate lines

Electors4,78,738

Votes polled2,17,211

Turnout45.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerD. AmatSwatantra Party1,05,27248.5% of votes

MARGIN44,818 votes · 20.6 pp1,05,272 − 60,454

Runner-upI. Maghi Indian National Congress60,45427.8% of votes

SWA 63.5% of top-two votesINC 36.5%

All candidates 3

01 D. AmatSWA1,05,272 48.5%
02 I. MaghiINC60,454 27.8%
03 D. MunzaniIND36,371 16.7%

Turnout 45.4%

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, 196745.0%
ReconciliationΣ 3 candidates = 2,02,097Residual 15,114

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
20.6 pp
D. AmatSwatantra Party
1962
36.9 pp
Kanhu Charan JenaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 36.9 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The top two polled 76.3% of votes; the other 1 candidate 16.7% between them.
(1,05,272 + 60,454) ÷ 2,17,211 = 76.3% · 36,371 ÷ 2,17,211 = 16.7%
Turnout of 45.4% was 0.4 pp above the state's median seat (45.0%).
45.4 − 45.0 = +0.4
The margin narrowed from 36.9 pp in 1962 to 20.6 pp.
20.6 − 36.9 = −16.3 pp
The seat changed hands: INC in 1962, SWA in 1967.
1962 INC · 1967 SWA

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 3 candidate lines2,02,097
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled2,17,211
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 15,114

Candidate votes miss the published total by 15,114, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

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