1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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  1957 1961 1967  

All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg
AIGP
Leader Biju Patnaik
Party INC AIGP
Leader's seat Choudwar -
Seats won8237
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 26Decrease2.svg 14
Popular vote12,69,0006,55,099
Percentage43.2828.74
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.02Decrease2.svg 1.51

Chief Minister before election

Vacant
President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Biju Patnaik
INC

Elections to the Third Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1961. [1]

Contents

Constituencies

The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 25 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 29 for Scheduled Tribes and 86 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There are three national parties (the Communist Party of India, Congress and the Praja Socialist Party), one state party (Ganatantra Parishad), one registered unrecognised party (Jharkhand Party) and some Independent Politicians. All took part in this assembly election. The Congress party won a clear majority for the first time in Orissa by winning 58% of the seats with a vote share of 43.28%. The 1961 election was the first decisive election which resulted non-coalition govt. in the state. [2] The post of Chief Minister saw successive replacements during this period. Bijayananda Pattanaik became the Chief Minister of Odisha and remained in power till 1963, when he was called by the national high command for reforming the party. He was replaced by the Bengali Biren Mitra, and finally by Sadasiba Tripathy in 1965 when corruption charges were brought against Mitra.

Results

Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election [3]
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PartyFlagSeats
Contested
WonNet Change
in seats
 % of
Seats
VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 14082Increase2.svg 2658.5712,69,00040.58Increase2.svg 5.02
Ganatantra Parishad 12137Decrease2.svg 1426.426,55,09920.95Decrease2.svg 1.51
Praja Socialist Party 4310Decrease2.svg 17.143,22,30510.30Increase2.svg 20.03
Communist Party of India 354Decrease2.svg 53.572,33,9717.48Increase2.svg 18.92
Jharkhand Party 90"New"025,6020.81"New"
Independent 1877Decrease2.svg 654,26,30213.63N/A
Total Seats140 (Steady2.svg 0)Voters85,51,743Turnout31,27,245 (36.57%)

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
OmerkoteNone Sadasiba Tripathy Indian National Congress
DabugamNoneJagannatha Tripathy Indian National Congress
NowrangpurSCHarijan Miru Indian National Congress
JeyporeNoneRaghunatha Pattanayak Indian National Congress
KotpadSCBakria Mahadeba Indian National Congress
MalkangiriSTGuru Nayak Ganatantra Parishad
PaduaNoneGaneswara Mohapatra Indian National Congress
KoraputSTToyaka Sanganna Indian National Congress
PottangiSTMusuri Pangi Saunta Indian National Congress
RayagadaSTMandangi Kamayya Indian National Congress
GunupurNoneNarasinga Patra Indian National Congress
BissamcuttackSTBiswanath Chowdhary Ganatantra Parishad
ParlakimediNoneNalla Kurmanaikulu Indian National Congress
R. UdaigiriSTBhoya Ramo Indian National Congress
DigapahandiNoneRaghunatha Mohapatra Indian National Congress
MohanaSCBiswnatha Naik Indian National Congress
BerhampurNoneNarendra Deo Sisirkumar Independent
PatrapurSCTrilochana Jani Indian National Congress
DuraNoneP. Venkata Jaganatha Rao Indian National Congress
ChhatrapurNoneLakhmana Mohapatra Communist Party of India
KhallikoteNoneRamachandra Mardaraj Deo Indian National Congress
HinjiliNoneBrundabana Nayaka Indian National Congress
Kodala WestNone Biswanath Das Indian National Congress
Kodala EastNone Lingaraj Panigrahi Indian National Congress
BhanjanagarNoneMagunicharan Pradhan Indian National Congress
Jagannath PrasadSCUdaya Naik Indian National Congress
AskaNone Lokanatha Mishra Indian National Congress
SurudaNoneArjuna Naik Indian National Congress
BalligudaSTPodra Dubara Ganatantra Parishad
G UdayagiriSTSarangadhar Padhi Indian National Congress
PhulbaniNoneHimansu Sekhara Padhi Indian National Congress
BoudhSCAniruddha Dhipa Ganatantra Parishad
Madanpur RampurNoneBirakeshari Deo Ganatantra Parishad
BhabanipatnaSTAnchal Majhi Ganatantra Parishad
KashipurNoneNabakumari Debi Ganatantra Parishad
KoksaraSCDayanidhi Naik Ganatantra Parishad
JunagarhNoneMaheswar Naik Ganatantra Parishad
DharamgarhSTMukunda Naik Ganatantra Parishad
KhariarNoneAnupsingh Deo Indian National Congress
NuaparaSTGahsiram Majhi Independent
KantabanjiNone Shri Rajendra Narayana Sing Deo Ganatantra Parishad
TitilagarhSCAchyutananda Mahananda Ganatantra Parishad
SaintalaNoneAinthu Sahoo Ganatantra Parishad
PatnagarhSTRamesh Chandra Bhoi Ganatantra Parishad
LoisinghaNoneRam Prasad Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
BolangirSTChandrasekhar Singh Ganatantra Parishad
TusraNoneNanda Kishore Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
BinikaNoneAnantarama Nanda Ganatantra Parishad
SonepurSCDaulata Nanda Ganatantra Parishad
MelchhamundaNoneSachidananda Padhee Indian National Congress
PadampurSTBikramaditya Sing Bariha Indian National Congress
BargarhNoneGananath Pradhan Independent
BijepurSCMohan Nag Indian National Congress
BhatliNoneSaraswati Pradhan Indian National Congress
SambalpurNoneBanamali Babu Indian National Congress
AttabiraSCDalganjan Chhuria Indian National Congress
KatarbagaNoneBishnu Prasad Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
DeogarhSTJayadeba Thakur Ganatantra Parishad
RairakholNoneBhanuganga Tribhuban Deb Ganatantra Parishad
BrajrajnagarNonePrasanna Kumar Panda Communist Party of India
JharsugudaSTBinod Bihari Bariha Indian National Congress
SundergarhNoneHarihar Patel Ganatantra Parishad
TalsaraSTGangadhar Pradhan Ganatantra Parishad
RajgangpurSTRangaballabha Amat Indian National Congress
Bisra STPremchandra Bhakta Ganatantra Parishad
BonaiSTHemendra Prasad Mohapatra Ganatantra Parishad
ChampuaSTGuru Charan Naik Ganatantra Parishad
PatnaNoneRajballabh Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
KeonjharNoneJanardana Bhanja Deo Ganatantra Parishad
TelkoiSTGobinda Munda Ganatantra Parishad
RamachandrapurNoneMuralidhar Kuanr Indian National Congress
AnandapurSCMakar Sethi Indian National Congress
PallaharaNone Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Indian National Congress
Talcher Indian National Congress
KamakhyanagarNoneBrundaban Tripathy Ganatantra Parishad
DhenkanalNoneRatnaprava Debi Ganatantra Parishad
GondiaSTKalia Dehuri Ganatantra Parishad
ChhendipadaSCPada Naik Indian National Congress
AngulNoneKumuda Chandra Sing Indian National Congress
AthmallikNoneKhetramohan Panigrahy Ganatantra Parishad
BanapurNoneRaghunatha Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
DaspallaSCSaheb Nayak Indian National Congress
KhandaparaNoneHarihara B. Ray Mardaraj Sing Indian National Congress
NayagarhNoneBrundabana Chandra Sing Indian National Congress
RanpurNoneRam Ramachandra Communist Party of India
BeguniaNoneGangadhara Paikray Communist Party of India
KhordaNoneBanamali Patnaik Indian National Congress
BhubaneswarNoneSatyapriya Mohanty Indian National Congress
BalipatnaSCGopinatha Bhoi Indian National Congress
BrahmagiriNoneGopabadhu Patra Independent
PuriNoneBhagaban Prathihari Indian National Congress
SatyabadiNoneRaj Raj Deb Ganatantra Parishad
PipiliNoneRamchandra Patnaik Indian National Congress
KakatpurNoneUpendra Mohanty Indian National Congress
NimaparaSCGobinda Sethi Indian National Congress
BankiNoneGokulananda Praharaj Praja Socialist Party
BarambaNoneBidyadhar Nayak Indian National Congress
AthgarhNoneAchutananda Dash Independent
Cuttack CityNone Biren Mitra Indian National Congress
ChoudwarNone Bijayananda Pattnaik Indian National Congress
Cuttack SadarSCLaxman Mallick Indian National Congress
JagatsinghpurNonePriyanath De Indian National Congress
GobindapurSCKanduri Charan Mallick Praja Socialist Party
MahangaNoneSurendranatha Pattanayak Indian National Congress
SalepurSCBaidhar Behera Praja Socialist Party
BalikudaNoneBipin Bihari Das Indian National Congress
ErsamaNoneRatnamali Jema Indian National Congress
TirtolNonePratap Chandra Mohanty Indian National Congress
PatkuraNoneLokanath Mishra Indian National Congress
RajnagarNonePadma Charan Nayak Independent
AulNoneSailendra Narayana Bhanja Deo Indian National Congress
KendraparaNoneDhruba Charan Sahu Praja Socialist Party
PattamundeiSCPrahllad Malik Indian National Congress
BinjharpurNoneChittaranjana Nayak Indian National Congress
BerchanaNoneDhananjaya Lenka Indian National Congress
DharmasalaNoneGadadhep Dutta Indian National Congress
SukindaSCBaidhar Sahu Indian National Congress
Jajpur WestNoneMadan Mohan Pattanayak Indian National Congress
Jajpur EastSCSantanu Ku. Das Indian National Congress
DhamnagarNoneMuralidhar Jena Indian National Congress
BasudebapurNoneNilamani Routray Indian National Congress
ChandbaliSCBairagi Jena Indian National Congress
BhadrakNoneNityananda Mohapatra Independent
SoroNoneKarunakar Panigrahi Indian National Congress
SimuliaSCBhagiratha Das Indian National Congress
NilgiriNoneRajendrachandra Harichandan Mardaraj Ganatantra Parishad
BalasoreNoneBijoy Krishna De Indian National Congress
BastaNoneMaheswar Baral Praja Socialist Party
BhogoraiNonePyari Mohan Das Praja Socialist Party
JaleswarNonePrasanna Kumar Paul Praja Socialist Party
KuntaNonePrasanna Kumar Dash Praja Socialist Party
BaisingaSCArjun Patra Praja Socialist Party
UdalaSTMan Mohan Tudu Indian National Congress
KaranjiaNonePravakar Behera Indian National Congress
JashipurSTTriya Mochiram Indian National Congress
RairangpurSTChandra Mohan Sinha Indian National Congress
BahaldaSTSunaram Soren Indian National Congress
BangiriposiSTIswar Chandra Nayak Indian National Congress
BaripadaNoneSantosh Sahu Indian National Congress
MoradaSTSakila Soren Praja Socialist Party

References

  1. "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  2. "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  3. "Orissa 1961". Election commission of India. Retrieved 7 May 2021.