Constituency
266. Keonjhar
Community mirrorOrissa · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957
IN-KEONJHAR
IND 66.9%won by 43.0%INC 23.9%
What the numbers say
DerivedIndependent won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
3,46,575
Turnout
26.9%
Valid votes
93,392
Margin
40,163
43.00%
Candidates
3 contested · winner IND- 1BHANJ DEO LAXMI NARAYANIndependent · IND62,50966.9%
- 2BANSHIDHAR RATHAIndian National Congress · INC22,34623.9%
- 3RICHARD JUSTINIndependent · IND8,5379.1%