Elections Archive

GEN · Orissa

Puri

Chintamani Panigrahi (CPI) won by 8,036 votes (5.1%).

Electors
4,11,216
Votes polled
1,57,551
Valid votes
1,57,551
Turnout
38.3%
NOTA
0
Polling date
1957-02-25

Margin vs 1957 national median: 5.1% (median 11.1%). Back to Orissa · 1957 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
Margin · 2024
8.8%(+7.8%)
Turnout
75.4%(-0.2%)
NOTA
0.6%
Top-2 squeeze
97.0%

Winning margin over time · Puri

19521957196219671971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202436%

Candidates

Candidates · Puri 1957
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Chintamani PanigrahiWinnerCPI76,83948.8%
2Lokanath MisraINC68,80343.7%
3Nanda Kumar ShuklaIND11,9097.6%

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