1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  RNS-Deo.jpg
Leader Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Party Swatantra Party INC
Leader's seat Balangir -
Seats won 49 31
Seat change Decrease 33 Decrease 6
Popular vote 9,09,421 12,35,149
Percentage 34.78 30.66
Swing Decrease 8.5 Increase 1.92
Chief Minister before election

Sadashiva Tripathy
Indian National Congress

Elected Chief Minister

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo[1]
Swatantra Party

Elections to the Fourth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1967.

Constituencies[]

The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 84 unreserved.

Contesting parties[]

There are seven national parties Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Swatantra Party and one registered unrecognised party JAC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats[2] It is first time in India that Indian National Congress lost the election in a close fight with Swatantra Party in the state. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo[3] become Chief Minister by forming a coalition government with JAC. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo is the Chief Minister of Odisha until President's Rule was imposed in the state for the last few months of the fourth Assembly term.

Results[]

Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 140 31 Decrease 51 22.14 12,35,149 30.66 Decrease 12.62
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19 0 "New" 0 21,788 4.07 "New"
Praja Socialist Party 33 21 Increase 11 7.85 4,93,750 41.16 Increase 10.73
Communist Party of India 31 7 Increase 3 5 2,11,999 20.71 Decrease 6.61
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10 1 "New" 0.71 46,597 18.16 "New"
Swatantra Party 101 49 "New" 35 9,09,421 34.78 "New"
JAC 47 26 "New" 18.57 5,42,734 37.17 "New"
Independent 21 2 N/A 1.42 5,05,394 17.72 N/A
Total Seats 140 (Steady 0) Voters 98,73,057 Turnout 43,48,838 (44.05%)

References[]

  1. ^ "Former Chief Ministers". cm.odisha.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Orissa 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-05-11.


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