1971 Indian general election in Odisha

Indian general election in Odisha, 1971

1–10 March 1971
20 seats
First party Second party Third party   Party INC Swatantra Party Utkal Congress Last election 6 8 New Seats won 15 3 1 Seat change 9 5 1   Fourth party   Party CPI Last election 0 Seats won 1 Seat change 1

The 1971 Indian general election in Odisha were held for 20 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the general elections.

The major contenders in the state were the Indian National Congress and the Swatantra Party. The third front parties contesting in the state were the Utkal Congress, the Left parties. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.

Biju Patnaik was close to Indira Gandhi. However, they clashed in 1969 over the Presidential election. He left the Congress and formed a regional party called Utkal Congress.

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India

List of elected MPs

Keys:   INC   Swatantra Party   Communist Party of India   Utkal Congress

S No.	Constituency	Winning candidate	Winning party
1.	Angul	Pratap Gangadebbad Kumar	Indian National Congress
2.	Balasore	Shyamsundar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
3.	Bhadrak	Arjun Charan Sethi	Indian National Congress
4.	Bhanjanagar	Dutikrishna Panda	Communist Party of India
5.	Bhubaneswar	Chintamani Panigrahi	Indian National Congress
6.	Bolangir	Raj Raj Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
7.	Chatrapur	Jagannath Rao	Indian National Congress
8.	Cuttack	Janki Ballav Patnaik	Indian National Congress
9.	Dhenkanal	Devendra Satpathy	Indian National Congress
10.	Jajpur	Anandi Charan Das	Indian National Congress
11.	Kalahandi	Pratap Keshari Deo	Swatantra Party
12.	Kendrapara	Surendra Mohanty	Utkal Congress
13.	Keonjhar	Kumar Majhi	Indian National Congress
14.	Koraput	Bhagirathi Gomango	Indian National Congress
15.	Mayurbhanj	Manmohan Tudu	Indian National Congress
16.	Nowrangpur	Khagipathi Pradhani	Indian National Congress
17.	Puri	Banamali Patanaik	Indian National Congress
18.	Phulbani	Boksi Nayak	Swatantra Party
19.	Sambalpur	Banamali Babu	Indian National Congress
20.	Sundargarh	Gajadhar Majhi	Indian National Congress

Bye Elections

S No.	Constituency	Winning candidate	Winning party	Reason
1.	Koraput	Giridhar Gamang	Indian National Congress	Resignation of Bhagirathi Gamang
2.	Mayurbhanj	Chandra Mohan Sinha	Utkal Congress	Resignation of Manmohan Tudu

References

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