Constituency
265. Kendrapara
Community mirrorOrissa · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-KENDRAPARA
PSP 24.3%won by 2.5%INC 21.8%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 2.5%.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 0.0% to 24.3% of the vote here (+24.3%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.1% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 45.5% to 88.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
8,53,833
Turnout
88.9%
Valid votes
7,59,146
Margin
19,296
2.54%
Candidates
6 contested · winner PSP- 1SURENDRANATH DWIVEDYPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,84,51624.3%
- 2BHARRAB CHANDRA MAHANTYIndian National Congress · INC1,65,22021.8%
- 3BAISHANAB CHARAN MALIKPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,57,48820.7%
- 4LAXMIDHAR JENAIndian National Congress · INC1,55,74420.5%
- 5FUZLE HAQUEGP · GP51,7866.8%
- 6KRUSHNA KANTA RAYIndependent · IND44,3925.8%
Since 1951
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +51.2%
- PSP share
- 0.0% → 24.3%
- INC share
- 48.6% → 21.8%
- Turnout
- 43.4% → 88.9%