Constituency result · Lok Sabha · 1962

Koraput

Parliamentary constituency 297 (ST) · Odisha

State boardOdisha 1962

[01]Result · 1962

#297 · ST

Poll date19 Mar 1962

Contestants2Candidate lines

Electors4,61,502

Votes polled56,155

Turnout12.2%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerUlaka RamachandraIndian National Congress39,85071.0% of votes

MARGIN26,249 votes · 46.7 pp39,850 − 13,601

Runner-upSoboro Dumba Ganatantra Parishad13,60124.2% of votes

INC 74.6% of top-two votesGP 25.4%

All candidates 2

01 Ulaka RamachandraINC39,850 71.0%
02 Soboro DumbaGP13,601 24.2%

Turnout 12.2%

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 19 seats, 196225.8%
ReconciliationΣ 2 candidates = 53,451Residual 2,704

Seat history 1967–1962

1967
23.2 pp
M. MajhiSwatantra Party
1962
46.7 pp
Ulaka RamachandraIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Turnout of 12.2% was 13.6 pp below the state's median seat (25.8%).
12.2 − 25.8 = −13.6

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 2 candidate lines53,451
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled56,155
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 2,704

Candidate votes miss the published total by 2,704, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1962 · Odisha · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates2 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 19 seats on the Odisha Lok Sabha 1962 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database