ST · Orissa
Keonjhar
Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo (INC) won by 10,282 votes (16.5%).
- Electors
- 3,70,850
- Votes polled
- 65,978
- Valid votes
- 62,390
- Turnout
- 17.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 1962-03-19
Margin vs 1962 national median: 16.5% (median 12.2%). Back to Orissa · 1962 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Flipped vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 7.9%(+2.2%)
- Turnout
- 79.1%(-2.0%)
- NOTA
- 2.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 85.3%
Winning margin over time · Keonjhar
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laxmi Narayan Bhanja DeoWinner | INC | 36,336 | 58.2% |
| 2 | Rajballabh Mishra | GP | 26,054 | 41.8% |
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