1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nandini Satpathy Biju Patnaik Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Party INC Utkal Congress SWA
Leader's seat Not contested Rajanagar (By-elections) Bolangir
Seats won 69 35 21
Seat change Increase 18 Increase 2 Decrease 15
Popular vote 21,52,818 15,21,064 6,94,473
Percentage 37.44 26.45 12.08
Chief Minister before election

Nandini Satpathy
Indian National Congress

Chief Minister


Nandini Satpathy
Indian National Congress

Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974.[1][2][3]

Constituencies[]

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 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 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state.[4]

Results[]

Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
Indian National Congress (Indira) 135 69 2152818 37.44%
Utkal Congress 95 35 1521064 26.45%
Swatantra Party 56 21 694473 12.08%
Communist Party of India 14 7 279738 4.87%
Socialist Party 17 2 101789 1.77%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 8 3 67600 1.18%
Orissa Jana Congress 42 1 67169 1.17%
Jharkhand Party 12 1 34786 0.60%
Indian National Congress (Organization) 17 0 29103 0.51%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 12 0 23335 0.41%
All India Jharkhand Party 8 0 15360 0.27%
Socialist Unity Centre of India 4 0 10214 0,18%
All India Forward Bloc 2 0 1080 0.02%
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 1 0 478 0.01%
Independents 299 7 750818 13.06%
Total: 722 146 5749825

List of winning candidate[]

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
  2. ^ "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  3. ^ Story of Orissa CM Binayak Acharya: A political rags-to-riches tale
  4. ^ "The 'Iron lady' of Odisha politics". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
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