1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

1971 Assembly election in Orissa Lok Sabha election 1971 Indian general election in Orissa 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election India parliamentary No 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1967 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1974 5 March 1971 All 140 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg 120 100 100 10 0 Nandini Satpathy Indian National Congress (R) Not contested 51 20 12,40,668 28.18 Swatantra Party 100 100 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bolangir Swatantra Party 36 13 7,67,815 17.44 Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg 220 100 120 58 14 Biju Patnaik Rajanagar (By-elections) Utkal Congress 33 33 12,23,014 23,99 New Party Chief Minister Chief Minister Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party Bishwanath Das Independent 71 Elections to the fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 5 March 1971.1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election Constituencies The elections were held for 140 seats. A total of 835 candidates contested for these 140 seats. Political parties Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress (R) and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress (R) party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%. Results +Source: Election Commission of India1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly Election https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3622-orissa-1974/ live Election Commission of IndiaFile:2026-05-10-08-21-52-262009-38ec817a19c937bf5d9c6920587076d9f07834fbdf5c5cb381949a2db6720288.svgPartyPopular voteSeatsFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress (R) 50x50px Indian National Congress (R) 50x50px1,240,668 28.18% 2.48 129 51 20 Utkal Congress Utkal Congress 1,055,826 23.99% (new) 139 33 (new) Swatantra Party 50x50px Swatantra Party 50x50px 767,815 17.44% 5.14 115 36 13 Praja Socialist Party 50x50px Praja Socialist Party 267,768 6.08% 6.18 50 4 17 Communist Party of India 50x50px Communist Party of India 50x50px 210,811 4.79% 0.47 29 4 3 Orissa Jana Congress Orissa Jana Congress 227,056 5.16% 8.31 66 1 25 Indian National Congress (O) 50x50px Indian National Congress (O) 50x50px79,460 1.81% (new) 50 1 (new) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50x50px Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50x50px 52,785 1.20% 0.04 11 2 1 All India Jharkhand Party 50x50px All India Jharkhand PartyOrissa 1971 - Odisha - Election Commission of India https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3621-orissa-1971/?do=download 50x50px 72,291 1.64% 14 4 Independent (politician) - Independents - 332,327 7.55% 8.00 190 4 1Total----140-Valid Votes 4,401,92040.56Invalid Votes306,454 -Total Votes polled / turnout 4,708,37443.39Abstentation 5,694,717 -Total No. of Electors 10,851,525 Winning candidates District # Constituency Name WinnerParty Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Prafulla Kumar Das Swatantra Party 2 Jashipur (ST) Lal Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress (R) yes 3 Rairangpur (ST) Siddhalal Murmu All India Jharkhand Party 4 Bahalda (ST) Sashi Bhusan Marandi All India Jharkhand Party 5 Bangriposi (ST) Radha Mohan Nayak Swatantra Party 6 Baripada Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo Independent (politician) 7 Muruda (ST) Kuanria Majhi Swatantra Party 8 Baisinga (ST) Prasanna Kumar Dash Praja Socialist Party 9 Khunta Birabhadra Singh Utkal Congress 10 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress (R) yes Baleshwar 11 Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra Indian National Congress (R) yes 12 Jaleswar Prasanta Kumar Pal Praja Socialist Party 13 Basta Chintamani Jena Utkal Congress 14 Balasore Priyanath Nandy Indian National Congress (R) yes 15 Nilgiri Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes 16 Sore Jadunath Das Mahapatra Utkal Congress 17 Simulia (SC) Chintamani Jena Communist Party of India 18 Bhadrak Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress (R) yes 19 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mallick Utkal Congress 20 Chandabali (SC) Gangadhar Das Indian National Congress (R) yes 21 Basudebpur Nilamani Routray Utkal CongressCuttack 22 Sukinda Sanatan Deo Utkal Congress 23 Dharmasala Banka Bihari Das Praja Socialist Party 24 Barchana Managobinda Samal Utkal Congress 25 Binjharpur Pabitramohan Jena Indian National Congress (R) yes 26 Jajpur (West) Prafulla Chandra Ghadei Indian National Congress (R) yes 27 Jajpur (East) (SC) Jaganatha Mallick Utkal Congress 28 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb Swatantra Party 29 Patamundai (SC) Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress 30 Rajanagar Prahlad Mallik Utkal Congress 31 Kendrapara Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty Praja Socialist Party 32 Patkura Rajkishore Nayak Utkal Congress 33 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty Utkal Congress 34 Ersama Narayana Birabar Samanta Utkal Congress 35 Balikuda Basudeba Mohapatra Indian National Congress (R) yes 36 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Laxman Mallick Indian National Congress (R) yes 37 Gobindpur Trilochan Kanungo Indian National Congress (R) yes 38 Salepur Batakrushna Jena Utkal Congress 39 Mahanga Sarat Kumar Kar Utkal Congress 40 Chowdwar Kanhu Charan Jena Indian National Congress (R) yes 41 Cuttack City Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty Indian National Congress (R) yes 42 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Sura Sethi Indian National Congress (R) yes 43 Banki Gokulananda Praharaj Utkal Congress 44 Athagarh Radhanatha Rath Independent (politician) 45 Baramba Trilochan Harichandan Swatantra Party Puri 46 Bhubaneswar Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress (R) yes 47 Balipatna (SC) Basanta Behera Indian National Congress (R) yes 48 Pipili Abhimanyu Ran Singh Indian National Congress (R) yes 49 Nimapara (SC) Govinda Chandra Sethi Utkal Congress 50 Kakatapur Surendra Nath Naik Utkal Congress 51 Satyabadi Chandramadhaba Mishra Independent (politician) 52 Puri Braja Mohan Mohanty Indian National Congress (R) yes 53 Bramhagiri Gopabandhu Patra Indian National Congress (R) yes 54 Banpur Ramachandra Praharaja Swatantra Party 55 Khurda Benudhar Baliarsing Indian National Congress (R) yes 56 Begunia Gangadhara Paikaray Communist Party of India 57 Khandapara Bansidhar Pattnaik Independent (politician) 58 Daspalla (SC) Saheb Naik Indian National Congress (R) yes 59 Nayagarh Achyutananda Mohanty Utkal Congress 60 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes Ganjam 61 Jaganathprasad (SC) Bacha Naik Indian National Congress (R) yes 62 Bhanjanagar Somanath Rath Indian National Congress (R) yes 63 Suruda Ananta Narayana Singh Deo Indian National Congress (R) yes 64 Aska Krushna Chandra Tripathy Utkal Congress 65 Kabisuryanagar Sadananda Mahanty Communist Party of India 66 Kodala Ram Krushna Pattanaik Utkal Congress 67 Khallikote Trinatha Samantra Utkal Congress 68 Chatrapur Lakhmana Mahapatra Communist Party of India 69 Hinjili Brundaban Naik Utkal Congress 70 Dura (SC) Mohan Nayak Indian National Congress (R) yes 71 Berhampur Binayak Acharya Indian National Congress (R) yes 72 Chikati Satchidananda Deo Indian National Congress (R) yes 73 Mohana (ST) Bhimasena Mandal Indian National Congress (R) yes 74 Ramagiri (ST) Gorosang Soboro Indian National Congress (R) yes 75 Paralakhemundi Darapu Latchanna Naidu Swatantra Party Koraput 76 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango Indian National Congress (R) yes 77 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Sripathi Praska Swatantra Party 78 Rayagada (ST) Raghunatha Himirika Indian National Congress (R) yes 79 Narayanpatna (ST) Jogi Tadingi Indian National Congress (R) yes 80 Nandapur (ST) Sanu Disari Utkal Congress 81 Malkangiri (ST) Gangadhar Madhi Indian National Congress (R) yes 82 Jeypore Pratap Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party 83 Kotpad (ST) Dhansai Randhari Swatantra Party 84 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan Swatantra Party 85 Kodinga (SC) Purno Chandramirgan Utkal Congress 86 Dabugam (ST) Dombaru Majhi Swatantra Party 87 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Utkal CongressKalahandi 88 Nawapara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi Swatantra Party 89 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo Indian National Congress (Organization) yes 90 Dharmagarh (SC) Lochan Dhangada Majhi Swatantra Party 91 Koksara Birakesari Deo Swatantra Party 92 Junagarh Trinath Sorab Swatantra Party 93 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Nayak Swatantra Party 94 Narla (ST) Dhaneswar Majhi Swatantra Party 95 Kesinga Bhagaban Bhoi Swatantra Party Phulbani 96 Udayagiri (ST) Gopal Pradhan rowspan="2"Swatantra Party 2 97 Balliguda (ST)Naresh Pradhan 98 Phulbani (ST) Jagadish Jani Indian National Congress (R) yes 99 Baudh Natabar Pradhan Swatantra PartyBalangir 100 Sonepur Nilambar Raiguru Swatantra Party 101 Binka Narasingha Mishra Swatantra Party 102 Tusra Radhamohan Mishra Swatantra Party 103 Bolangir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Swatantra Party 104 Loisinga Nandakishore Misra Swatantra Party 105 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo Swatantra Party 106 Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi Swatantra Party 107 Titilagarh (SC) Tapi Jal Swatantra Party 108 Kantabanji (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda Swatantra Party Sambalpur 109 Padampur Krupasindhu Bhoi Indian National Congress (R) yes 110 Melchhamunda Birendra kumar Sahu Swatantra Party 111 Bijepur (SC) Tribikram Mallick Indian National Congress (R) yes 112 Bhatli Kunja Bihari Naik Indian National Congress (R) yes 113 Bargarh Chittaranjan Kar Indian National Congress (R) yes 114 Sambalpur Sriballav Panigrahi Indian National Congress (R) yes 115 Brajarajnagar Upendra Dikshit Indian National Congress (R) yes 116 Jharsuguda Jhashaketan Sahu Indian National Congress (R) yes 117 Laikera (ST) Rameshwar Naik Indian National Congress (R) yes 118 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha Indian National Congress (R) yes 119 Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumbhar Indian National Congress (R) yes 120 Deogarh Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja Swatantra Party Sundargarh 121 Sundargarh Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo Indian National Congress (R) yes 122 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan Swatantra Party 123 Rajgangpur (ST) Ignace Majhi All India Jharkhand Party 124 Bisra (ST) Kullan Bag All India Jharkhand Party 125 Rourkela Shyam Sundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress (R) yes 126 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Swatantra Party Keonjhar 127 Champua (ST) Saharai Oram Utkal Congress 128 Patna (ST) Maheswar Majhi Utkal Congress 129 Keonjhar (ST) Chhotaray Majhi Utkal Congress 130 Telkori (ST) Niladri Nayak Utkal Congress 131 Ramachandrapur Muralidhar Kuanr Indian National Congress (R) yes 132 Anandpur (SC) Makar Sethi Indian National Congress (R) yes Dhenkanal 133 Pallahara Narayana Sahu Indian National Congress (R) yes 134 Kamakhyanagar Bramhananda Biswal Indian National Congress (R) yes 135 Gondia Brundaban Tripathy Indian National Congress (R) yes 136 Dhenkanal Surendra Mohan Pattanaik Indian National Congress (R) yes 137 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Orissa Jana Congress 138 Chhendipada (SC) Bhajaman Behera Utkal Congress 139 Angul Debaraja Sahu Utkal Congress 140 Athamallik Raja Kishore Pradhan Utkal Congress Government formation 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.http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/jan2006/engpdf/Biswanath_Das.pdf Bishwanath Das, Patriot With A Difference 2019-06-26 2024-03-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20240309081722/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/jan2006/engpdf/Biswanath_Das.pdf dead 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 (R) 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.https://incredibleorissa.com/nandini-satpathy-first-woman-chief-minister-odisha/ Nandini Satpathy: First woman Chief Minister of Orissa 2019-06-26 2024-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20240302204323/https://incredibleorissa.com/nandini-satpathy-first-woman-chief-minister-odisha/ dead List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1971 See also 6th Orissa Legislative Assembly 1971 elections in India 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election References Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha Odisha Category:1970s in Orissa