1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly; 71 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo; Swatantra Party	Chief Minister ; ; Bishwanath Das; Independent

Elections to the fifith Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.^[1]

Constituencies

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

Political parties

Three national parties,

Chief Minister

of the state.

Government

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


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

#	Constituency Name	Reserved for ( SC /None)	Winner
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

Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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

References

[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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