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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 fifth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.[1]

Constituencies

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

Political parties

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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

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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

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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

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# Constituency Name Reserved for
(ST/SC/None) 		Winner Party
1 Karanjia ST Prafulla Kumar Das Swatantra Party
2 Jashipur ST Lal Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress
3 Rairangpur ST Sidhalal Murmu All India Jharkhand Party
4 Bahalda ST Sashi Bhusan Marndi All India Jharkhand Party
5 Bangriposi ST Radha Mohan Nayak Swatantra Party
6 Baripada None Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo Independent
7 Morada ST Kuanria Majhi Swatantra Party
8 Baisinga None Prasanna Kumar Dash Praja Socialist Party
9 Khunta None Birabhadra Singh Utkal Congress
10 Udala ST Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress
11 Bhograi None Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress
12 Jaleswar None Prasant Kumar Pal Praja Socialist Party
13 Basta None Chintamani Jena Utkal Congress
14 Balasore None Priyanath Nandy Indian National Congress
15 Nilgiri None Banamali Das Communist Party of India
16 Soro None Jadunath Das Mahapatra Utkal Congress
17 Simulia SC Chintamani Jena Communist Party of India
18 Bhadrak None Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress
19 Dhamnagar None Hrudananda Mullick Utkal Congress
20 Chandbali SC Gangadhar Das Indian National Congress
21 Basudevpur None Nilamani Routray Utkal Congress
22 Sukinda None Sanatan Deo Utkal Congress
23 Dharamsala None Banka Bihari Das Praja Socialist Party
24 Barchana None Managobinda Samal Utkal Congress
25 Binjharpur None Pabitramohan Jena Indian National Congress
25 Binjharpur None Pabitramohan Jena Indian National Congress
26 Jajpur West None Prafulla Chandra Ghade Indian National Congress
27 Jajpur East SC Jaganatha Mallik Utkal Congress
28 Aul None Sarat Kumar Deb Swatantra Party
29 Patamundai SC Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
30 Rajanagar None Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress
31 Kendrapara None Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Praja Socialist Party
32 Patkura None Rajkishore Nayak Utkal Congress
33 Tirtol None Pratap Chandra Mohanty Utkal Congress
34 Ersama None Narayan Birabar Samanta Utkal Congress
35 Balikuda None Basudeb Mohapatra Indian National Congress
36 Jagatsinghpur SC Laxman Mallick Indian National Congress
37 Gobindpur None Trilochan Kanungo Indian National Congress
38 Salepur None Batakrushna Jena Utkal Congress
39 Mahanga None Sarat Kumar Kar Utkal Congress
40 Choudwar None Kanhu Charan Lenka Indian National Congress
41 Cuttack City None Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Indian National Congress
42 Cuttack Sadar SC Sura Sethi Indian National Congress
43 Banki None Gokulananda Prahataj Utkal Congress
44 Athagarh None Radhanath Rath Independent
45 Baramba None Trilochan Harichandan Swatantra Party
46 Bhubaneswar None Harekrushna Mahtab Indian National Congress
47 Balipatna SC Basanta Behera Indian National Congress
48 Pipili None Abhimanyu Ran Singh Indian National Congress
49 Nimapara None Govinda Chandra Sethi Utkal Congress
50 Kakatpur None Surendranath Naik Utkal Congress
51 Satyabadi None Chandramadhab Misra Independent
52 Puri None Brajamohan Mohanty Indian National Congress
53 Brahmagiri None Gopabandhu Patra Indian National Congress
54 Banpur None Ramachandra Praharaja Swatantra Party
55 Khurda None Benudhar Baliarsing Indian National Congress
56 Khurda None Gangadhara Paikaray Communist Party of India
57 Khandapada None Bansidhar Pattnaik Independent
58 Daspalla SC Saheb Naik Indian National Congress
59 Nayagarh None Achyutananda Mohanty Utkal Congress
60 Ranpur None Ramesha Chandra Panda Communist Party of India
61 Jagannathprasad SC Bachanaik Indian National Congress
62 Bhanjanagar None Somnath Rath Indian National Congress
63 Surada None Ananta Narayan Singh Deo Indian National Congress
64 Aska None Krushna Chandra Tripathy Utkal Congress
65 Kavisuryanagar None Sadananda Mahanty Communist Party of India
66 Kodala None Ramkrishna Patanaik Utkal Congress
67 Khallikote None Trinatha Samantra Utkal Congress
68 Chhatrapur None Lakshmana Mahapatra Communist Party of India
69 Hinjili None Brundaban Naik Utkal Congress
70 Gopalpur SC Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress
71 Berhampur None Binayak Acharya Indian National Congress
72 Chikiti None Atchidananda Deo Indian National Congress
73 Mohana ST Bhimasena Mandal Indian National Congress
74 Ramagiri ST Gorosang Soboro Indian National Congress
75 Parlakhemundi None 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 None Pratap Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party
83 Kotpad ST Dhansai Rondhari Swatantra Party
84 Nowrangpur None 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 None Anupa Singh Deo Indian National Congress
90 Dharamgarh SC Lochan Dhangada Majhi Swatantra Party
91 Koksara None Birakesari Deo Swatantra Party
92 Junagarh None Trinath Sarab Swatantra Party
93 Bhawanipatna SC Dayanidhi Nayak Swatantra Party
94 Narla SC Dhaneswar Majhi Swatantra Party
95 Kesinga None 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 None Natabar Pradhan Swatantra Party
100 Sonepur None Niuambar Raiguru Swatantra Party
101 Binka None Narasingha Charan Mishra Swatantra Party
102 Tusra None Radhamohan Misra Swatantra Party
103 Bolangir None Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party
104 Loisingha None Nandakishore Misra Swatantra Party
105 Patnagarh None Ainthu Sahoo Swatantra Party
106 Saintala None Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi Swatantra Party
107 Titlagarh SC Tapi Jal Swatantra Party
108 Kantabanji SC Achyutanand Mahanand Swatantra Party
109 Padampur None Achyutanand Mahanand Indian National Congress
110 Melchhamunda None Birendra Kumar Sahu Swatantra Party
111 Bijepur SC Tribikram Mallick Indian National Congress
112 Bhatli None Kunja Bihari Naik Indian National Congress
113 Bargarh None Chittaranjan Kar Indian National Congress
114 Sambalpur None Sriballav Panigrahi Indian National Congress
115 Brajarajnagar None Upendra Dikshit Indian National Congress
116 Jharsuguda None 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 None Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja Swatantra Party
121 Sundargarh None Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo Indian National Congress
122 Talsara ST Gangadhar Pradhan Swatantra Party
123 Rajgangpur ST Ignace Majhi All India Jharkhand Party
124 Bisra ST Kullan Bagf All India Jharkhand Party
125 Rourkela None 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 None Muralidhar Kunhar Indian National Congress
132 Anandapur SC Makar Sethi Indian National Congress
133 Pallahara None Narayan Sahu Indian National Congress
134 Kamakhyanagar None Brahmananda Biswal Indian National Congress
135 Gondia None Brundaban Tripathy Indian National Congress
136 Dhenkanal None Surendra Mohan Pattanaik Indian National Congress
137 Talcher SC Brundaban Behera Orissa Jana Congress
138 Chhendipada SC Bhajaman Behera Utkal Congress
139 Angul None Debaraja Sahu Utkal Congress
140 Athmallik None Raja Kishore Pradhan Utkal Congress

By-elections

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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

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References

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  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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