Constituency
326. Mayurbhanj
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-MAYURBHANJ
INC 45.9%won by 9.9%GP 36.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 9.9%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 23.4% to 45.9% of the vote here (+22.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 81.9% of the vote between them, up from 63.7% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.6% to 16.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,38,667
Turnout
16.8%
Valid votes
73,702
Margin
7,279
9.88%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1MAHESWAR NAIKIndian National Congress · INC33,82445.9%
- 2MAHENDRA MAJHIGP · GP26,54536.0%
- 3RAMCHANDRA MAJHIIndependent · IND11,79416.0%
- 4SUNDAR MOHAN HEMROMIndependent · IND1,5392.1%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- IND
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–GP swing
- +16.1%
- INC share
- 23.4% → 45.9%
- GP share
- 29.6% → 36.0%
- Turnout
- 24.4% → 16.8%