Constituency

325. Balasore

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Odisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962

IN-BALASORE

INC 57.4%won by 19.5%PSP 38.0%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 19.5%.

Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 43.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
TurnoutTurnout fell 49.0% to 35.6%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate

4,26,296

Turnout

35.6%

Valid votes

1,51,900

Margin

29,559

19.46%