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{{Short description|Fourth Odisha Legislative Assembly held in 1967}}
#REDIRECT [[1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1961'''
| next_election = 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1971'''
| election_date = 1967
| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = RNS-Deo.jpg
| leader1 = [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
| party1 = [[Swatantra Party]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Bolangir (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balangir]]
| seats1 = 49
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 33
| popular_vote1 = 9,09,421
| percentage1 = 34.78
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 8.5
| image2 =
| leader2 =
| leaders_seat2 = -
| party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| seats2 = 31
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 6
| popular_vote2 = 12,35,149
| percentage2 = 30.66
| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.92
| title = [[Chief Minister of Odisha|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Sadashiva Tripathy]]
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress]]


| after_election = [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Chief Ministers |url=https://cm.odisha.gov.in/former-cms |website=cm.odisha.gov.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313032309/https://cm.odisha.gov.in/former-cms |archive-date=13 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| after_party = [[Swatantra Party]]
{{R from move}}
| majority_seats = 71
}}
}}
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]], [[Indian National Congress|Congress]], [[Praja Socialist Party]], [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], [[Swatantra Party]] and [[Sanghata Socialist Party]] one registered unrecognised party [[Jan Congress|JAC]] and some [[Independent Politician]]took part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1967|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3620-orissa-1967/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>  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<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1967|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> become [[Chief Minister]] by forming a coalition government with [[Jan Congress|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==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
|sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| 140 || 31 || {{decrease}} 51 || 22.14 || 12,35,149 || 30.66 || {{decrease}} 12.62
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|
| 19 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 21,788 || 4.07 || "New"
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 33 || 21 || {{increase}} 11 || 7.85 || 4,93,750 || 41.16 || {{increase}} 10.73
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|
| 31 || 7 || {{increase}} 3 || 5 || 2,11,999 || 20.71 || {{decrease}} 6.61
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|
| 10 || 1 || "New" || 0.71 || 46,597 || 18.16 || "New"
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Swatantra Party]]
|
| 101 || 49 || "New" || 35 || 9,09,421 || 34.78 || "New"
|-
| {{party color cell|Orissa Jana Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jan Congress|JAC]]
|
| 47 || 26 || "New" || 18.57 || 5,42,734 || 37.17 || "New"
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 21 || 2 || N/A || 1.42 || 5,05,394 || 17.72 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 98,73,057 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|43,48,838 (44.05%)
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Odisha elections}}
[[Category:Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha]]
[[Category:1967 State Assembly elections in India|Odisha]]
{{India-election-stub}}

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