GEN · Orissa
Balasore
Gokulananda Mahanty (INC) won by 29,559 votes (19.5%).
- Electors
- 4,26,296
- Votes polled
- 1,58,368
- Valid votes
- 1,51,900
- Turnout
- 37.1%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 19.5% (median 12.2%). Back to Orissa · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 11.9%(+10.8%)
- Turnout
- 77.1%(-1.6%)
- NOTA
- 0.6%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 79.6%
Winning margin over time · Balasore
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gokulananda MahantyWinner | INC | 87,250 | 57.4% |
| 2 | Rabindra Mohan Das | PSP | 57,691 | 38.0% |
| 3 | Rajkishore Mohanty | IND | 6,959 | 4.6% |
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