1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1961 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   Leader Biju Patnaik Party INC Ganatantra Parishad Leader's seat Choudwar - Seats won 82 37 Seat change 26 14 Popular vote 12,69,000 6,55,099 Percentage 43.28 28.74 Swing 5.02 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]

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]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		140	82	26	58.57	12,69,000	40.58	5.02
	Ganatantra Parishad		121	37	14	26.42	6,55,099	20.95	1.51
	Praja Socialist Party		43	10	1	7.14	3,22,305	10.30	20.03
	Communist Party of India		35	4	5	3.57	2,33,971	7.48	18.92
	Jharkhand Party		9	0	"New"	0	25,602	0.81	"New"
	Independent		187	7	6	5	4,26,302	13.63	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	85,51,743	Turnout	31,27,245 (36.57%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Omerkote	None	Tripathy Sadasiva		Indian National Congress
Dabugam	None	Tripathy Jagannath		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	SC	Harijan Miru		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	Patnaik Raghunath		Indian National Congress
Kotpad	SC	Bakria Mahadebo		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	ST	Nayak Guru		Ganatantra Parishad
Padwa	None	Mahapatra Ganeswar		Indian National Congress
Koraput	ST	Toyaka Sanganna		Indian National Congress
Pottangi	ST	Pangi Musuri Santa		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	ST	Mandangi Kamayya		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	None	Patro Narasingo		Indian National Congress
Bissamcuttack	ST	Chowdhary Biswanath		Ganatantra Parishad
Parlakimedi	None	Nalla Kurmanaikulu		Indian National Congress
R. Udaigiri	ST	Bhoya Ramo		Indian National Congress
Digapahandi	None	Mahapatra Raghunath		Indian National Congress
Mohana	SC	Naik Biswnath		Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	Narendra Deo Sisirkumar		Independent
Patrapur	SC	Jani Trilochana		Indian National Congress
Dura	None	P. Venkata Jaganatha Rao		Indian National Congress
Chatrapur	None	Mahapatra Lakshman		Communist Party of India
Khallikote	None	Mardaraj Deo Ramchandra		Indian National Congress
Hinjili	None	Nayak Brundaban		Indian National Congress
Kodala West	None	Das Biswanath		Indian National Congress
Kodala East	None	Panigarhi Lingaraj		Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	Pradhan Magunicharan		Indian National Congress
Jagannath Prasad	SC	Naik Udia		Indian National Congress
Aska	None	Mishra Lokanath		Indian National Congress
Suruda	None	Naik Arjuna		Indian National Congress
Balliguda	ST	Podra Dubara		Ganatantra Parishad
G Udayagiri	ST	Padhi Sarangadhar		Indian National Congress
Phulbani	None	Padhi Himanusekhara		Indian National Congress
Boudh	SC	Dipa Anirudha		Ganatantra Parishad
Madanpur Rampur	None	Deo Birakeshari		Ganatantra Parishad
Bhawanipatna	ST	Majhi Anchal		Ganatantra Parishad
Kashipur	None	Debi Nabakumari		Ganatantra Parishad
Koksara	SC	Naik Dayanidhi		Ganatantra Parishad
Junagarh	None	Naik Maheswar		Ganatantra Parishad
Dharamgarh	ST	Naik Mukund		Ganatantra Parishad
Khariar	None	Deo Anupsingh		Indian National Congress
Nawapara	ST	Majhi Gahshiram		Independent
Kantabanji	None	Deo Maharaja Shri Rajendra Narayan Singh		Ganatantra Parishad
Titilagarh	SC	Mahananda Achyutanand		Ganatantra Parishad
Saintala	None	Sahoo Ainthu		Ganatantra Parishad
Patnagarh	ST	Bhoi Ramesh Chandra		Ganatantra Parishad
Loisingha	None	Misra Ram Prasad		Ganatantra Parishad
Bolangir	ST	Singh Chandra Sekhar		Ganatantra Parishad
Tusra	None	Misra Nanda Kishore		Ganatantra Parishad
Binka	None	Nanda Antarama		Ganatantra Parishad
Sonepur	SC	Ganda Daulata		Ganatantra Parishad
Melchhamunda	None	Padhee Sachidanand		Indian National Congress
Padampur	ST	Singh Bariha Bir Bikramaditya		Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	Padhan Gananath		Independent
Bijepur	SC	Nag Mohan		Indian National Congress
Bhatli	None	Padhan Saraswati		Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	None	Babu Banamali		Indian National Congress
Attabira	SC	Chhuria Dalganjan		Indian National Congress
Katarbaga	None	Misra Bishnu Prasad		Ganatantra Parishad
Deogarh	ST	Thakur Jayadeb		Ganatantra Parishad
Rairakhol	None	Deb Bhanugang Tribhuban Raja		Ganatantra Parishad
Brajrajnagar	None	Panda Prasanna Kumar		Communist Party of India
Jharsuguda	ST	Bariha Binod Bihari		Indian National Congress
Sundergarh	None	Patel Harihar		Ganatantra Parishad
Talsara	ST	Pradhan Gangadhar		Ganatantra Parishad
Rajgangpur	ST	Amat Rangabalabh		Indian National Congress
Bisra	ST	Bhagat Premchand		Ganatantra Parishad
Bonai	ST	Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad		Ganatantra Parishad
Champua	ST	Naik Guru Charan		Ganatantra Parishad
Patna	None	Mishra Rajbalabh		Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar	None	Bhani Deo Janardan		Ganatantra Parishad
Telkoi	ST	Munda Govinda		Ganatantra Parishad
Ramachandrapur	None	Kuanr Muralidhar		Indian National Congress
Anandpur	SC	Sethi Makar		Indian National Congress
Pal Lahora	None	Pradhan Pabitra Mohan		Indian National Congress
Talcher	None	Pradhan Pabitra Mohan		Indian National Congress
K. Nagar	None	Tripathy Brundaban		Ganatantra Parishad
Dhenkanal	None	Devi Ratnaprova		Ganatantra Parishad
Gondia	ST	Dehuri Kalia		Ganatantra Parishad
Chendipada	SC	Nayak Pada		Indian National Congress
Angul	None	Singh Kumuda Chandra		Indian National Congress
Athmallik	None	Panigrahy Khetramohan		Ganatantra Parishad
Banpur	None	Mishra Raghunath		Ganatantra Parishad
Daspalla	SC	Nayak Saheb		Indian National Congress
Khandpara	None	Singh Mardaraj Bharamarbar Ray Harihar		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Singh Brundaban Chandra		Indian National Congress
Ranpur	None	Ram Ramachandra		Communist Party of India
Begunia	None	Paikray Gongadhar		Communist Party of India
Khurda	None	Patnaik Banamali		Indian National Congress
Bhubaneswar	None	Mahanty Satyapriya		Indian National Congress
Balipatna	SC	Bhoi Gopinath		Indian National Congress
Brahmagiri	None	Patra Gopabadhu		Independent
Puri	None	Prathihari Bhagwan		Indian National Congress
Satyabadi	None	Deb Raj Raj		Ganatantra Parishad
Pipili	None	Patnaik Ramachandra		Indian National Congress
Kakatpur	None	Mohanty Upendra		Indian National Congress
Nimapara	SC	Sethi Gobinda		Indian National Congress
Banki	None	Praharaj Gokulananda		Praja Socialist Party
Baramba	None	Nayak Bidyadhar		Indian National Congress
Athgarh	None	Dash Achutananda		Independent
Cuttack City	None	Mitra Biren		Indian National Congress
Choudwar	None	Pattanik Bijoyananda		Indian National Congress
Cuttack Sadar	SC	Mallick Laxman		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	None	Dey Priyanath		Indian National Congress
Govindpur	SC	Mallik Kanduri Charan		Praja Socialist Party
Mahanga	None	Patnaik Surendranath		Indian National Congress
Salepur	SC	Behera Baidhar		Praja Socialist Party
Balikuda	None	Das Bipin Bihari		Indian National Congress
Ersama	None	Ratnamali Jema		Indian National Congress
Tirtol	None	Mohanty Pratap Chandr		Indian National Congress
Patkura	None	Mishra Lokanath		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Nayak Padma Charan		Independent
Aul	None	Bhanja Deo Raja Sailendra Narayan		Indian National Congress
Kendrapara	None	Sahu Dhruba Charan		Praja Socialist Party
Pattamundei	SC	Malik Prahallad		Indian National Congress
Binjharpur	None	Nayak Chittaranjan		Indian National Congress
Berchana	None	Lenka Dhananjaya		Indian National Congress
Dharmasala	None	Dutta Gadadhep		Indian National Congress
Sukinda	SC	Singh Baidhar		Indian National Congress
Jajpur West	None	Pattanayak Madan Mohan		Indian National Congress
Jajpur East	SC	Das Santanu Kumar		Indian National Congress
Dhamnagar	None	Jena Muralidhar		Indian National Congress
Basudebpur	None	Routroy Nilamani		Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Jena Bairagi		Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Mohapatra Nityananda		Independent
Soro	None	Panigrahi Karunakar		Indian National Congress
Simulia	SC	Das Bhagiratha		Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Mardaraj Harichandan Raja Rajendrachandra		Ganatantra Parishad
Balasore	None	De Bijoy Krishna		Indian National Congress
Basta	None	Baug Maheswar		Praja Socialist Party
Bhograi	None	Das Pyari Mohan		Praja Socialist Party
Jaleswar	None	Paul Prasanna Kumar		Praja Socialist Party
Kunta	None	Dash Prasanna Kumar		Praja Socialist Party
Baisinga	SC	Patra Arjun		Praja Socialist Party
Udala	ST	Tudu Man Mohan		Indian National Congress
Karanjia	None	Behera Pravakar		Indian National Congress
Jashipur	ST	Triya Mochiram		Indian National Congress
Rairangpur	ST	Singh Chandra Mohan		Indian National Congress
Bahalda	ST	Soren Sunaram		Indian National Congress
Bangiriposi	ST	Nayak Iswar Chandra		Indian National Congress
Baripada	None	Sahu Santosh Kumar		Indian National Congress
Muruda	ST	Soren Sakila		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.