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 Swatantra Party 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[edit]

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

Political Parties[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

A.C. No. Constituency Name Type A.C. Winner Candidate Party
1. Karanjia ST Prafulla Kumar Das Swatantra Party
2. Jashipur ST Lal Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress
3. Rairangpur ST Sidhalal Murmu Jharkhand Party
4. Bahalda ST Sashi Bhusan Marndi Jharkhand Party
5. Bangriposi ST Radha Mohan Nayak Swatantra Party
6. Baripada Gen Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo Independent
7. Morada ST Kuanria Majhi Swatantra Party
8. Baisinga Gen Prasanna Kumar Dash Praja Socialist Party
9. Khunta Gen Birabhadra Singh Utkal Congress
10. Udala ST Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress
11. Bhograi Gen Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress
12. Jaleswar Gen Prasant Kumar Pal Praja Socialist Party
13. Basta Gen Chintamani Jena Utkal Congress
14. Balasore Gen Priyanath Nandy Indian National Congress
15. Nilgiri Gen Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
16. Soro Gen Jadunath Das Mahapatra Utkal Congress
17. Simulia SC Chintamani Jena Communist Party of India (Marxist)
18. Bhadrak Gen Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress
19. Dhamnagar Gen Hrudananda Mullick Utkal Congress
20. Chandbali SC Gangadhar Das Indian National Congress
21. Basudevpur Gen Nilamani Routray Utkal Congress
22. Sukinda Gen Sanatan Deo Utkal Congress
23. Dharamsala Gen Banka Bihari Das Praja Socialist Party
24. Barchana Gen Managobinda Samal Utkal Congress
25. Binjharpur Gen Pabitramohan Jena Indian National Congress
25. Binjharpur Gen Pabitramohan Jena Indian National Congress
26. Jajpur West Gen Prafulla Chandra Ghade Indian National Congress
27. Jajpur East SC Jaganatha Mallik Utkal Congress
28. Aul Gen Sarat Kumar Deb Swatantra Party
29. Patamundai SC Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
30. Rajanagar Gen Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
31. Kendrapara Gen Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Praja Socialist Party
32. Patkura Gen Rajkishore Nayak Utkal Congress
33. Tirtol Gen Pratap Chandra Mohanty Utkal Congress
34. Ersama Gen Narayan Birabar Samanta Utkal Congress
35. Balikuda Gen Basudeb Mohapatra Indian National Congress
36. Jagatsinghpur SC Laxman Mallick Indian National Congress
37. Gobindpur Gen Trilochan Kanungo Indian National Congress
38. Salepur Gen Batakrushna Jena Utkal Congress
39. Mahanga Gen Sarat Kumar Kar Utkal Congress
40. Choudwar Gen Kanhu Charan Lenka Indian National Congress
41. Cuttack City Gen Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Indian National Congress
42. Cuttack Sadar SC Sura Sethi Indian National Congress
43. Banki Gen Gokulananda Prahataj Utkal Congress
44. Athagarh Gen Radhanath Rath Independent
45. Baramba Gen Trilochan Harichandan Swatantra Party
46. Bhubaneswar Gen Harekrushna Mahtab Indian National Congress
47. Balipatna SC Basanta Behera Indian National Congress
48. Pipili Gen Abhimanyu Ran Singh Indian National Congress
49. Nimapara Gen Govinda Chandra Sethi Utkal Congress
50. Kakatpur Gen Surendranath Naik Utkal Congress
51. Satyabadi Gen Chandramadhab Misra Independent
52. Puri Gen Brajamohan Mohanty Indian National Congress
53. Brahmagiri Gen Gopabandhu Patra Indian National Congress
54. Banpur Gen Ramachandra Praharaja Swatantra Party
55. Khurda Gen Benudhar Baliarsing Indian National Congress
56. Khurda Gen Gangadhara Paikaray Communist Party of India
57. Khandapada Gen Bansidhar Pattnaik Independent
58. Daspalla SC Saheb Naik Indian National Congress
59. Nayagarh Gen Achyutananda Mohanty Utkal Congress
60. Ranpur Gen Ramesha Chandra Panda Communist Party of India
61. Jagannathprasad SC Bachanaik Indian National Congress
62. Bhanjanagar Gen Somnath Rath Indian National Congress
63. Surada Gen Ananta Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress
64. Aska Gen Krushna Chandra Tripathy Utkal Congress
65. Kavisuryanagar Gen Sadananda Mahanty Communist Party of India
66. Kodala Gen Ramkrishna Patanaik Utkal Congress
67. Khallikote Gen Trinatha Samantra Utkal Congress
68. Chhatrapur Gen Lakshmana Mahapatra Communist Party of India
69. Hinjili Gen Brundaban Naik Utkal Congress
70. Gopalpur SC Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress
71. Berhampur Gen Binayak Acharya Indian National Congress
72. Chikiti Gen Atchidananda Deo Indian National Congress
73. Mohana ST Bhimasena Mandal Indian National Congress
74. Ramagiri ST Gorosang Soboro Indian National Congress
75. Parlakhemundi Gen Latchanna Naidu Darapu Swatantra Party
76. Gunupur ST Bhagirathi Gamang Indian National Congress
77. Bissam Cuttack ST Praska Sripathi Swatantra Party
78. Rayagada ST Himirika Raghunath Indian National Congress
79. Narayanpatna ST Tadingi Jogi Indian National Congress
80. Nandapur ST Disari Sanu Utkal Congress
81. Malkangiri ST Gangadhar Madi Indian National Congress
82. Jeypore Gen Pratap Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party
83. Kotpad ST Dhansai Rondhari Swatantra Party
84. Nowrangpur Gen Habibulla Khan Swatantra Party
85. Kodinga SC Purno Chandramirgan Utkal Congress
86. Dabugam ST Dombaru Majhi Swatantra Party
87. Umarkote ST Rabisingh Majhi Utkal Congress
88. Nawapara ST Ghasiram Majhi Swatantra Party
89. Khariar Gen Anupa Singh Deo Indian National Congress (Organization)
90. Dharamgarh SC Lochan Dhangada Majhi Swatantra Party
91. Koksara Gen Birakesari Deo Swatantra Party
92. Junagarh Gen Trinath Sarab Swatantra Party
93. Bhawanipatna SC Dayanidhi Nayak Swatantra Party
94. Narla SC Dhaneswar Majhi Swatantra Party
95. Kesinga Gen Bhagawan Bhoi Swatantra Party
96. Udayagiri ST Gopal Pradhan Swatantra Party
97. Baliguda ST Gopal Pradhan Swatantra Party
98. Phulbani SC Jagadish Jani Indian National Congress
99. Boudh Gen Natabar Pradhan Swatantra Party
100. Sonepur Gen Niuambar Raiguru Swatantra Party
101. Binka Gen Narasingha Charan Mishra Swatantra Party
102. Tusra Gen Radhamohan Misra Swatantra Party
103. Bolangir Gen Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party
104. Loisingha Gen Nandakishore Misra Swatantra Party
105. Patnagarh Gen Ainthu Sahoo Swatantra Party
106. Saintala Gen Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi Swatantra Party
107. Titlagarh SC Tapi Jal Swatantra Party
108. Kantabanji SC Achyutanand Mahanand Swatantra Party
109. Padampur Gen Achyutanand Mahanand Indian National Congress
110. Melchhamunda Gen Birendra Kumar Sahu Swatantra Party
111. Bijepur SC Tribikram Mallick Indian National Congress
112. Bhatli Gen Kunja Bihari Naik Indian National Congress
113. Bargarh Gen Chittaranjan Kar Indian National Congress
114. Sambalpur Gen Sriballav Panigrahi Indian National Congress
115. Brajarajnagar Gen Upendra Dikshit Indian National Congress
116. Jharsuguda Gen Jhashaketan Sahu Indian National Congress
117. Laikera ST Rameshwar Naik Indian National Congress
118. Kuchinda ST Jagateswar Mirdha Indian National Congress
119. Rairakhol SC Abhimanyu Kumbhar Indian National Congress
120. Deogarh Gen Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja Swatantra Party
121. Sundargarh Gen Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo Indian National Congress
122. Talsara ST Gangadhar Pradhan Swatantra Party
123. Rajgangpur ST Ignace Majhi Jharkhand Party
124. Bisra ST Kullan Bagf Jharkhand Party
125. Rourkela Gen Shyam Sundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress
126. Bonai ST Hemendra Mahapatra Swatantra Party
127. Champua ST Saharai Oram Utkal Congress
128. Patna ST Maheswar Majhi Utkal Congress
129. Keonjhar ST Chhotray Majhi Utkal Congress
130. Telkoi ST Niladri Nayak Utkal Congress
131. Ramchandrapur Gen Muralidhar Kunhar Indian National Congress
132. Anandapur SC Makar Sethi Indian National Congress
133. Pallahara Gen Narayan Sahu Indian National Congress
134. Kamakhyanagar Gen Brahmananda Biswal Indian National Congress
135. Gondia Gen Brundaban Tripathy Indian National Congress
136. Dhenkanal Gen Surendra Mohan Pattanaik Indian National Congress
137. Talcher SC Brundaban Behera Orissa Jana Congress
138. Chhendipada SC Bhajaman Behera Utkal Congress
139. Angul Gen Debaraja Sahu Utkal Congress
140. Athmallik Gen Raja Kishore Pradhan Utkal Congress

By-elections[edit]

Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
Bhadrak Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress Balaram Sahoo Utkal Congress
Rajanagar Prahallad Mallick Utkal Congress Biju Patnaik Utkal Congress
Rourkela Shyam Sundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress Bishwanath Das Independent

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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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