Constituency
338. Balasore
Community mirrorOdisha · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BALASORE
PSP 49.7%won by 15.6%INC 34.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Praja Socialist Party (PSP), which now leads by 15.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- PSP vote sharePSP went from 38.0% to 49.7% of the vote here (+11.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.9% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 13.6% to 49.2%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,61,490
Turnout
49.2%
Valid votes
2,27,196
Margin
35,369
15.57%
Candidates
3 contested · winner PSP- 1S. KUNDUPraja Socialist Party · PSP1,13,02249.7%
- 2K. K. PATTANAYAKIndian National Congress · INC77,65334.2%
- 3P. SARKARSwatantra Party · SWA36,52116.1%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- PSPflipped
- PSP–INC swing
- +35.0%
- PSP share
- 38.0% → 49.7%
- INC share
- 57.4% → 34.2%
- Turnout
- 35.6% → 49.2%