1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1971 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 Third party
 
Leader Nandini Satpathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik
Party INC SWA Utkal Congress
Leader's seat Not contested Bolangir Rajanagar (By-elections)
Seats won 51 36 33
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 13 Increase 33
Popular vote 12,40,668 7,67,815 12,23,014
Percentage 28.18 17.44 23,99
Chief Minister before election

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Swatantra Party

Chief Minister


Bishwanath Das
Independent

Elections to the second Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.[1]

Constituencies[]

The elections were held for 140 seats. A total of 835 candidates contested for these 140 seats.

Political Parties[]

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%. Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state.

Government[]

The United Front a coalition of Swatantra Party who won 36 Assembly seats and the new regional party Utkal Congress who won 33 Assembly seats formed the government under the leadership of Independent candidate Bishwanath Das.[2]

Das resigned on June 14, 1972 due to defection of a large number of members from the ruling coalition and on same day Nandini Satpathy of the Indian National Congress formed the government and continued till March 1973. Nandini Satpathy ousted due in-fighting of the members after which there was imposition of President's rule in the state.[3][4]

Results[]

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Indian National Congress (Indira) 129 51 1240668 28.18%
Utkal Congress 139 33 1055826 23.99%
Swatantra Party 115 36 767815 17.44%
Praja Socialist Party 50 4 267768 6.08%
Orissa Jana Congress 66 1 227056 5.16%
Communist Party of India 29 4 210811 4.79%
Indian National Congress (Organization) 50 1 79460 1.81%
All India Jharkhand Party 14 4 72291 1.64%
Samyukta Socialist Party 15 0 53271 1.21%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 2 52785 1.20%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 21 0 30824 0.70%
All India Forward Bloc 4 0 8393 0,19%
Socialist Unity Centre of India 1 0 2093 0.05%
Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 1 0 532 0.01%
Independents 190 4 332327 7.55%
Total: 835 140

Winning candidates[]

A.C. No. Constituency Name Type A.C. Winner Candidate Party
1. Karanjia ST Prafulla Kumar Das Swatantra Party
2. Jashipur ST Indian National Congress
3. Rairangpur ST Sidhalal Murmu Jharkhand Party
4. ST Jharkhand Party
5. Bangriposi ST Swatantra Party
6. Baripada Gen Independent
7. Morada ST Swatantra Party
8. Gen Praja Socialist Party
9. Gen Utkal Congress
10. Udala ST Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress
11. Bhograi Gen Indian National Congress
12. Jaleswar Gen Praja Socialist Party
13. Basta Gen Chintamani Jena Utkal Congress
14. Balasore Gen Indian National Congress
15. Nilgiri Gen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
16. Soro Gen Utkal Congress
17. Simulia SC Chintamani Jena Communist Party of India (Marxist)
18. Bhadrak Gen Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress
19. Dhamnagar Gen Utkal Congress
20. Chandbali SC Indian National Congress
21. Basudevpur Gen Nilamani Routray Utkal Congress
22. Sukinda Gen Utkal Congress
23. Dharamsala Gen Praja Socialist Party
24. Barchana Gen Managobinda Samal Utkal Congress
25. Binjharpur Gen Indian National Congress
25. Binjharpur Gen Indian National Congress
26. Gen Indian National Congress
27. SC Utkal Congress
28. Aul Gen Sarat Kumar Deb Swatantra Party
29. SC Utkal Congress
30. Rajanagar Gen Utkal Congress
31. Kendrapara Gen Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Praja Socialist Party
32. Patkura Gen Utkal Congress
33. Tirtol Gen Pratap Chandra Mohanty Utkal Congress
34. Gen Utkal Congress
35. Gen Indian National Congress
36. Jagatsinghpur SC Laxman Mallick Indian National Congress
37. Gen Trilochan Kanungo Indian National Congress
38. Salepur Gen Utkal Congress
39. Mahanga Gen Sarat Kumar Kar Utkal Congress
40. Choudwar Gen Indian National Congress
41. Gen Indian National Congress
42. Cuttack Sadar SC Indian National Congress
43. Banki Gen Utkal Congress
44. Athagarh Gen Radhanath Rath Independent
45. Baramba Gen Swatantra Party
46. Gen Harekrushna Mahtab Indian National Congress
47. SC Indian National Congress
48. Pipili Gen Indian National Congress
49. Nimapara Gen Utkal Congress
50. Kakatpur Gen Utkal Congress
51. Satyabadi Gen Independent
52. Puri Gen Brajamohan Mohanty Indian National Congress
53. Brahmagiri Gen Indian National Congress
54. Gen Swatantra Party
55. Khurda Gen Indian National Congress
56. Khurda Gen Communist Party of India
57. Khandapada Gen Independent
58. Daspalla SC Indian National Congress
59. Nayagarh Gen Utkal Congress
60. Ranpur Gen Communist Party of India
61. SC Indian National Congress
62. Bhanjanagar Gen Somnath Rath Indian National Congress
63. Surada Gen Indian National Congress
64. Aska Gen Utkal Congress
65. Gen Communist Party of India
66. Gen Utkal Congress
67. Khallikote Gen Utkal Congress
68. Chhatrapur Gen Communist Party of India
69. Hinjili Gen Utkal Congress
70. Gopalpur SC Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress
71. Berhampur Gen Binayak Acharya Indian National Congress
72. Chikiti Gen Indian National Congress
73. Mohana ST Indian National Congress
74. ST Indian National Congress
75. Parlakhemundi Gen Swatantra Party
76. Gunupur ST Bhagirathi Gamang Indian National Congress
77. Bissam Cuttack ST Swatantra Party
78. Rayagada ST Indian National Congress
79. ST Indian National Congress
80. ST Utkal Congress
81. Malkangiri ST Indian National Congress
82. Jeypore Gen Swatantra Party
83. Kotpad ST Swatantra Party
84. Gen Swatantra Party
85. SC Utkal Congress
86. Dabugam ST Swatantra Party
87. Umarkote ST Utkal Congress
88. ST Swatantra Party
89. Khariar Gen Indian National Congress (Organization)
90. Dharamgarh SC Swatantra Party
91. Gen Swatantra Party
92. Junagarh Gen Swatantra Party
93. Bhawanipatna SC Swatantra Party
94. Narla SC Dhaneswar Majhi Swatantra Party
95. Gen Swatantra Party
96. ST Swatantra Party
97. Baliguda ST Swatantra Party
98. Phulbani SC Jagadish Jani Indian National Congress
99. Boudh Gen Swatantra Party
100. Sonepur Gen Swatantra Party
101. Gen Swatantra Party
102. Gen Swatantra Party
103. Bolangir Gen Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party
104. Loisingha Gen Swatantra Party
105. Patnagarh Gen Ainthu Sahoo Swatantra Party
106. Gen Swatantra Party
107. Titlagarh SC Swatantra Party
108. Kantabanji SC Swatantra Party
109. Padampur Gen Indian National Congress
110. Gen Swatantra Party
111. Bijepur SC Indian National Congress
112. Bhatli Gen Indian National Congress
113. Bargarh Gen Indian National Congress
114. Sambalpur Gen Sriballav Panigrahi Indian National Congress
115. Brajarajnagar Gen Indian National Congress
116. Jharsuguda Gen Indian National Congress
117. ST Indian National Congress
118. Kuchinda ST Indian National Congress
119. Rairakhol SC Indian National Congress
120. Deogarh Gen Swatantra Party
121. Sundargarh Gen Indian National Congress
122. Talsara ST Gangadhar Pradhan Swatantra Party
123. Rajgangpur ST Jharkhand Party
124. ST Jharkhand Party
125. Rourkela Gen Indian National Congress
126. Bonai ST Swatantra Party
127. Champua ST Utkal Congress
128. Patna ST Utkal Congress
129. Keonjhar ST Utkal Congress
130. Telkoi ST Utkal Congress
131. Gen Indian National Congress
132. Anandapur SC Indian National Congress
133. Pallahara Gen Indian National Congress
134. Kamakhyanagar Gen Indian National Congress
135. Gen Indian National Congress
136. Dhenkanal Gen Indian National Congress
137. Talcher SC Orissa Jana Congress
138. Chhendipada SC Utkal Congress
139. Angul Gen Utkal Congress
140. Athmallik Gen Utkal Congress

By-elections[]

Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
Bhadrak Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress Utkal Congress
Rajanagar Utkal Congress Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
Rourkela Indian National Congress Bishwanath Das Independent

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
  2. ^ Bishwanath Das, Patriot With A Difference
  3. ^ Nandini Satpathy: First woman Chief Minister of Odisha
  4. ^ List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1971
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