GEN · Orissa
GANJAM
Mohan Nayak (INC) won by 7,501 votes (1.4%).
- Electors
- 7,51,685
- Votes polled
- 5,45,590
- Valid votes
- 5,45,590
- Turnout
- 72.6%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1957-02-25
Margin vs 1957 national median: 1.4% (median 11.1%). Back to Orissa · 1957 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Knife-edge (<2%)
- Margin · 1957
- 1.4%
- Turnout
- 72.6%
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 45.4%
Winning margin over time · GANJAM
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohan NayakWinner | INC | 1,27,558 | 23.4% |
| 1 | Uma Charan PatnaikWinner | IND | 1,20,057 | 22.0% |
| 3 | Ganesh Mahapatra | INC | 1,10,405 | 20.2% |
| 4 | Sapua Naik | IND | 75,971 | 13.9% |
| 5 | Satananda Padhi | GP | 62,251 | 11.4% |
| 6 | Iswar Naik | GP | 49,348 | 9.0% |
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