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Odisha Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateOdisha
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
1.09Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
46.93L
43.2% of electors
Median turnout
43.4%
Median of 20 seats
INC lead
+4
Above majority · 15 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 15, SWA 3, UC 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 15, SWA 3, UC 1, CPI 1. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20INC 15 · +4 above majority
INC 1575.0% Indian National Congress
SWA 315.0% Swatantra Party
UC 15.0% Utkal Congress
CPI 15.0% Communist Party of India

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 38.5%15 seats · 75.0%
UTC 23.6%Seats unmatched
SWA 15.9%3 seats · 15.0%
PSP 6.9%0 seats
CPI 4.3%1 seat · 5.0%
Others 10.8%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • UC1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 38.5% of votes into 75.0% of seats, a seat premium of 36.5 pp.

    15 ÷ 20 = 75.0% · 75.0 − 38.5 = +36.5

  2. PSP polled 6.9% of votes, the 4th-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 20 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 6.9 = −6.9

  3. Bhanjanagar was decided by 2,858 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Chatrapur had the widest margin, 85,933.

    min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; UC won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 20 · UC 1

  5. In ST-reserved seats INC won 5 of 5 (100.0%), against 75.0% of all seats.

    5 ÷ 5 = 100.0% · 15 ÷ 20 = 75.0%

  6. Turnout ran from 25.3% in Nowrangpur to 60.6% in Kendrapara; the median seat polled 43.4%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510043.4%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 1470.0% of seats
50–60 525.0% of seats
60–70 15.0% of seats
70–80 00.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestNowrangpur25.3%
  • HighestKendrapara60.6%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Odisha Lok Sabha 1971, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
277 MayurbhanjST Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress 1,84,295 7,647 4.1 37.5
278 Balasore Shyamsundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress 2,72,407 23,787 8.7 51.9
279 BhadrakSC Arjun Sethi Indian National Congress 3,29,173 46,329 14.1 54.8
280 JajpurSC Anandi Charan Das Indian National Congress 3,08,875 76,138 24.7 52.0
281 Kendrapara Surendra Mohanty Utkal Congress 3,70,982 2,973 0.8 60.6
282 Cuttack Janki Ballav Patnaik Indian National Congress 2,97,637 80,092 26.9 50.8
283 Puri Banamali Patanaik Indian National Congress 3,03,373 46,777 15.4 53.2
284 Bhubaneswar Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress 2,65,968 73,694 27.7 46.6
285 BhanjanagarCLOSEST Dutikrishna Panda Communist Party of India 2,55,729 2,858 1.1 45.6
286 ChatrapurWIDEST Jaganath Rao R. Indian National Congress 2,59,232 85,933 33.1 46.3
287 KoraputST Bhagirathi Gomango Indian National Congress 1,72,916 16,674 9.6 32.8
288 NowrangpurST Khagipathi Pradhani Indian National Congress 1,40,243 9,617 6.9 25.3
289 Kalahandi Pratap Keshari Deo Swatantra Party 1,69,068 65,874 39.0 38.7
290 PhulbaniSC Boksi Nayak Swatantra Party 1,61,845 20,702 12.8 31.4
291 Bolangir Raj Raj Singh Deo Swatantra Party 2,13,390 70,976 33.3 42.6
292 Sambalpur Banamali Babu Indian National Congress 2,07,475 42,707 20.6 36.2
293 SundargarhST Gajadhar Majhi Indian National Congress 2,07,204 17,979 8.7 39.7
294 KeonjharST Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress 1,54,501 19,512 12.6 32.1
295 Dhenkanal Devendra Satpathy Indian National Congress 2,42,999 31,659 13.0 44.2
296 Angul Pratap Gangadebbad Kumar Indian National Congress 1,75,752 15,296 8.7 33.2
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 85,933 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Odisha · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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