1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 1971 Indian general election in Odisha.

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   SWA Leader Nandini Satpathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik Party INC(R) SWA Utkal Congress Leader's seat Not contested Bolangir Rajanagar (By-elections) Seats won 51 36 33 Seat change 20 13 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

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 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

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 (ST/SC/None)	Winner	Party
1	Karanjia	ST	Praphulla Das		Swatantra Party
2	Jashipur		Lal Mohan Nayak		Indian National Congress
3	Rairangpur		Siddhalal Murmu		All India Jharkhand Party
4	Bahalda		Sashi Bhusan Marandi		All India Jharkhand Party
5	Bangiriposi		Radha Mohan Nayak		Swatantra Party
6	Baripada	None	Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo		Independent
7	Moroda	ST	Kuanria Majhi		Swatantra Party
8	Baisinga		Pruthunath Kisku		Praja Socialist Party
9	Khunta	None	Birabhadra Singh		Utkal Congress
10	Udala	ST	Manmohan Tudu		Indian National Congress
11	Bhogorai	None	Kartik Patra		Indian National Congress
12	Jaleswar		Prasanta Pal		Praja Socialist Party
13	Basta		Chintamani Jena		Utkal Congress
14	Balasore		Priyanath Nandy		Indian National Congress
15	Nilagiri		Banamali Das		Communist Party of India
16	Soro		Jadunath Das Mahapatra		Utkal Congress
17	Simulia	SC	Chintamani Jena		Communist Party of India
18	Bhadrak	None	Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress
19	Dhamanagar		Hrudananda Mallick		Utkal Congress
20	Chandabali	SC	Gangadhar Das		Indian National Congress
21	Basudebapur	None	Nilamani Routray		Utkal Congress
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
26	Jajapur (West)		Prafulla Chandra Ghadei		Indian National Congress
27	Jajapur (East)	SC	Jaganatha Mallick		Utkal Congress
28	Aali	None	Sarat Kumar Deb		Swatantra Party
29	Pattamundai	SC	Prahlad Mallik		Utkal Congress
30	Rajanagar	None
31	Kendrapara	None	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
32	Patkura		Rajkishore Nayak		Utkal Congress
33	Tirtol	None	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		Utkal Congress
34	Ersama		Narayana Samanta		Utkal Congress
35	Balikuda		Basudeba Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
36	Jagatsinghpur	SC	Laxman Mallick		Indian National Congress
37	Gobindapur	None	Trilochan Kanungo		Indian National Congress
38	Salepur		Batakrushna Jena		Utkal Congress
39	Mahanga		Sarat Kar		Utkal Congress
40	Choudwar		Kanhucharana Lenka		Indian National Congress
41	Cuttack City		Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty		Indian National Congress
42	Cuttack Sadar	SC	Sura Sethi		Indian National Congress
43	Banki	None	Gokulananda Praharaj		Utkal Congress
44	Athagarh		Radhanatha Rath		Independent
45	Baramba		Trilochan Harichandan		Swatantra Party
46	Bhubaneswar	None	Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress
47	Balipatana	SC	Basanta Behera		Indian National Congress
48	Pipili	None	Abhimanyu Ran Singh		Indian National Congress
49	Nimapara	SC	Gobinda Chandra Sethi		Utkal Congress
50	Kakatapur		Surendranath Naik		Utkal Congress
51	Satyabadi	None	Chandramadhaba Mishra		Independent
52	Puri		Brajamohana Mohanty		Indian National Congress
53	Bramhagiri		Gopabandhu Patra		Indian National Congress
54	Banpur		Ramachandra Praharaja		Swatantra Party
55	Khordha West		Benudhar Baliarsing		Indian National Congress
56	Khordha East		Gangadhara Paikaray		Communist Party of India
57	Khandapada		Bansidhar Pattnaik		Independent
58	Daspalla	SC	Saheb Naik		Indian National Congress
59	Nayagarh	None	Achyutananda Mohanty		Utkal Congress
60	Ranpur		Ramesha Chandra Panda		Communist Party of India
61	Jagannathaprasad	SC	Bacha Naik		Indian National Congress
62	Bhanjanagar	None	Somanatha Rath		Indian National Congress
63	Surada		Ananta Narayana Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
64	Asika		Krushna Chandra Tripathy		Utkal Congress
65	Kabisurjyanagar		Sadananda Mahanty		Communist Party of India
66	Kodala		Ramkrushna Pattanaik		Utkal Congress
67	Khallikote		Trinatha Samantra		Utkal Congress
68	Chhatrapur		Lakhmana Mahapatra		Communist Party of India
69	Hinjili		Brundaban Naik		Utkal Congress
70	Gopalpur	SC	Mohan Nayak		Indian National Congress
71	Berhampur	None	Binayak Acharjya		Indian National Congress
72	Chikiti		Satchidananda Deo		Indian National Congress
73	Mohana	ST	Bhimasena Mandal		Indian National Congress
74	Ramagiri		Gorosang Soboro		Indian National Congress
75	Paralakhemundi	None	Darapu Latchanna Naidu		Swatantra Party
76	Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
77	Bissam Cuttack		Sripathi Praska		Swatantra Party
78	Rayagada		Raghunatha Himbirika		Indian National Congress
79	Narayanpatna		Jogi Tadingi		Indian National Congress
80	Nandapur		Sanu Disari		Utkal Congress
81	Malkangiri		Gangadhar Madhi		Indian National Congress
82	Jayapur	None	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo		Swatantra Party
83	Kotpad	ST	Dhansai Randhari		Swatantra Party
84	Nabarangapur	None	Habibulla Khan		Swatantra Party
85	Kodinga	SC	Purno Chandramirgan		Utkal Congress
86	Dabugam	ST	Dombaru Majhi		Swatantra Party
87	Umarkote		Rabisingi Majhi		Utkal Congress
88	Nuapara		Ghasiram Majhi		Swatantra Party
89	Khariar	None	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
90	Dharmagarh	SC	Lochan Dhangada Majhi		Swatantra Party
91	Kokosara	None	Birakesari Deo		Swatantra Party
92	Junagarh	ST	Trinath Sorab		Swatantra Party
93	Bhabanipatana	SC	Dayanidhi Nayak		Swatantra Party
94	Narla		Dhaneswar Majhi		Swatantra Party
95	Kesinga	None	Bhagaban Bhoi		Swatantra Party
96	Ghumusur Udayagiri	ST	Gopal Pradhan		Swatantra Party
97	Baliguda
98	Phulbani	SC	Jagadish Jani		Indian National Congress
99	Boudh	None	Natabar Pradhan		Swatantra Party
100	Subarnapur		Nilambar Raiguru		Swatantra Party
101	Binika		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	Patanagarh		Ainthu Sahoo		Swatantra Party
106	Saintala		Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		Swatantra Party
107	Titilagarh	SC	Tapi Jal		Swatantra Party
108	Kantabanji		Achyutananda Mahananda		Swatantra Party
109	Padmapur	None	Krupasindhu Bhoi		Indian National Congress
110	Melchhamunda	SC	Birendra Sahu		Swatantra Party
111	Bijepur		Tribikram Mallick		Indian National Congress
112	Bhatli	None	Kunja Bihari Naik		Indian National Congress
113	Bargarh		Chittaranjan Kar		Indian National Congress
114	Sambalpur		Sriballav Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
115	Brajarajnagar		Upendra Dikhit		Indian National Congress
116	Jharsuguda		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	Debagarh	None	Bhanugangaa T. Deb		Swatantra Party
121	Sundargarh	None	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo		Indian National Congress
122	Talasara	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	None	Biswanath Das		Independent
126	Bonai	ST	Hemendra Mahapatra		Swatantra Party
127	Champua	ST	Saharai Oram		Utkal Congress
128	Swampatana	ST	Maheswar Majhi		Utkal Congress
129	Kendujhar	ST	Chhotaray Majhi		Utkal Congress
130	Telkoi	ST	Niladri Nayak		Utkal Congress
131	Ramachandrapur	None	Muralidhar Kuanr		Indian National Congress
132	Anandapur	SC	Makar Sethi		Indian National Congress
133	Pallahara	None	Narayana Sahu		Indian National Congress
134	Kamakhyanagar	None	Bramhananda 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	Anugul	None	Debaraja Sahu		Utkal Congress
140	Athamallik	None	Raja Kishore Pradhan		Utkal Congress

By-elections

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

• 1971 elections in India
• 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
• 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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