1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nandini Satpathy Biju Patnaik Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Party INC(R) Utkal Congress SWA Leader's seat Not contested Rajanagar (By-elections) Bolangir Seats won 69 35 21 Seat change 18 2 15 Popular vote 21,52,818 15,21,064 6,94,473 Percentage 37.44 26.45 12.08
Chief Minister before election Nandini Satpathy Indian National Congress Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy Indian National Congress

Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 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 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state. ^[4]

Results

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Indian National Congress (Indira)	135	69	2152818	37.44%
Utkal Congress	95	35	1521064	26.45%
Swatantra Party	56	21	694473	12.08%
Communist Party of India	14	7	279738	4.87%
Socialist Party	17	2	101789	1.77%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8	3	67600	1.18%
Orissa Jana Congress	42	1	67169	1.17%
Jharkhand Party	12	1	34786	0.60%
Indian National Congress (Organization)	17	0	29103	0.51%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh	12	0	23335	0.41%
All India Jharkhand Party	8	0	15360	0.27%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	4	0	10214	0,18%
All India Forward Bloc	2	0	1080	0.02%
Revolutionary Communist Party of India	1	0	478	0.01%
Independents	299	7	750818	13.06%
Total:	722	146	5749825

List of winning candidate

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Party
1.	Karanjia	ST	Karunakar Naik	Indian National Congress
2.	Jashipur	ST	Ghanshyam Hemram	Independent
3.	Rairangpur	ST	Sashi Bhusan Marndi	Independent
4.	Bahalda	ST	Arjun Majhi	Utkal Congress
5.	Bangriposi	ST	Rudra Mohan Das	Communist Party of India
6.	Kuliana	ST	Sarat Chandra Singh	Indian National Congress
7.	Baripada	Gen	Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo	Independent
8.	Baisinga	ST	Kuanria Majhi	Indian National Congress
9.	Khunta	ST	Ramesh Saren	Indian National Congress
10.	Udala	ST	Ravaneswa Madhei	Indian National Congress
11.	Bhograi	Gen	Kartikeswar Patra	Indian National Congress
12.	Jaleswar	Gen	Prasant Kumar Pal	Indian National Congress
13.	Basta	Gen	Chintamani Jena	Indian National Congress
14.	Balasore	Gen	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
15.	Soro	Gen	Jadunath Das Mahapatra	Indian National Congress
16.	Nilgiri	Gen	Sailen Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
17.	Nilgiri	Gen	Banamali Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
18.	Bhandaripokhari	SC	Bairagi Jena	Utkal Congress
19.	Bhadrak	Gen	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik	Indian National Congress
20.	Dhamnagar	Gen	Hrudananda Mullick	Utkal Congress
21.	Chandbali	SC	Manmohan Das	Indian National Congress
22.	Basudevpur	Gen	Jagabandhu Das	Indian National Congress
23.	Sukinda	Gen	Sanatan Deo	Indian National Congress
24.	Korai	Gen	Ashok Kumar Das	Utkal Congress
25.	Jajpur	SC	Jagannath Malik	Utkal Congress
26.	Dharamsala	Gen	Banka Bihari Das	Indian National Congress
27.	Barchana	Gen	Dusasan Jena	Communist Party of India
28.	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Prahlad Malik	Utkal Congress
29.	Binjharpur	SC	Baishmab Charan Malik	Indian National Congress
30.	Aul	Gen	Sarat Kumar Deb	Swatantra Party
31.	Patamundai	SC	Biswanath Mallik	Indian National Congress
32.	Rajanagar	Gen	Biju Patnaik	Utkal Congress
33.	Kendrapara	Gen	Bed Prakash Agarwal	Utkal Congress
34.	Patkura	Gen	Rajkishore Nayak	Utkal Congress
35.	Tirtol	Gen	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Utkal Congress
36.	Ersama	Gen	Lokanath Chowdhury	Communist Party of India
37.	Balikuda	Gen	Basudeb Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
38.	Jagatsinghpur	SC	Laxman Mallick	Indian National Congress
39.	Kissannagar	Gen	Batakrushna Jena	Utkal Congress
40.	Mahanga	Gen	Shaik Matlub Ali	Indian National Congress
41.	Salepur	SC	Baidhar Behera	Indian National Congress
42.	Gobindpur	Gen	Sudhansu Malini Ray	Indian National Congress
43.	Cuttack Sadar	SC	Trilochan Kanungo	Indian National Congress
44.	Cuttack City	Gen	Srikanta Panda	Utkal Congress
45.	Choudwar	Gen	Kanhu Charan Lenka	Indian National Congress
46.	Bangi	Gen	Jogesh Chanda Rout	Independent
47.	Athagarh	Gen	Radhanath Rath	Independent
48.	Baramba	Gen	Trilochan Harichandan	Swatantra Party
49.	Balipatna	SC	Gopinath Bhoi	Utkal Congress
50.	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Harekrushna Mahtab	Utkal Congress
51.	Jatni	Gen	Satyapriya Mohanty	Utkal Congress
52.	Pipili	Gen	Bipin Bihari Dash	Indian National Congress
53.	Nimapara	SC	Nilamani Sitha	Indian National Congress
54.	Kakatpur	Gen	Brudaban Patra	Indian National Congress
55.	Satyabadi	Gen	Gangadhar Mahapatra	Indian National Congress
56.	Puri	Gen	Brajamohan Mohanty	Indian National Congress
57.	Brahmagiri	Gen	Siddheswar Panigrahi	Communist Party of India
59.	Khurda	Gen	Benudhar Baliarsing	Indian National Congress
60.	Begunia	Gen	Satyanand Champatiray	Utkal Congress
61.	Ranpur	Gen	Ramesh Chandra Panda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
62.	Nayagarh	Gen	Bhagabat Behera	Samyukta Socialist Party
63.	Khandapada	Gen	Satyasundar Misra	Independent
64.	Daspalla	SC	Harihar Karana	Independent
65.	Jagannathprasad	SC	Batsa Naik	Indian National Congress
66.	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Somnath Rath	Indian National Congress
67.	Surada	Gen	Sarat Chanda Panda	Indian National Congress
68.	Aska	Gen	Harihar Das	Communist Party of India
69.	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Sadananda Mahanty	Communist Party of India
70.	Kodala	Gen	Kanhu Charan Nayak	Indian National Congress
71.	Khallikote	Gen	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Utkal Congress
72.	Chhatrapur	Gen	Daitari Behera	Utkal Congress
73.	Hinjili	Gen	Brundaban Naik	Utkal Congress
74.	Gopalpur	SC	Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress
75.	Berhampur	Gen	Binayak Acharya	Indian National Congress
76.	Chikiti	Gen	Satchida Nandu Deo	Indian National Congress
77.	Mohana	Gen	Udayanarayan Deb	Utkal Congress
78.	Ramagiri	ST	Chakradhar Paik	Utkal Congress
79.	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Nalla Kurmanaikulu	Utkal Congress
80.	Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Gamang	Indian National Congress
80.	Bissam Cuttack	ST	Ulaka Dambarudhar	Indian National Congress
82.	Rayagada	ST	Ulka Rama Chandra	Indian National Congress
83.	Laxmipur	ST	Ananta Ram Majhi	Indian National Congress
84.	Pottangi	ST	Disari Sanu	Utkal Congress
85.	Koraput	Gen	Harish Chandra Baxipatra	Utkal Congress
86.	Malkangiri	SC	Naka Kannaya	Utkal Congress
87.	Chitrakonda	ST	Gangadhar Madi	Indian National Congress
88.	Kotpad	ST	Basudeb Majhi	Indian National Congress
89.	Jeypore	Gen	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
90.	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	Swatantra Party
91.	Kodinga	SC	Sombaru Majhi	Utkal Congress
92.	Dabugam	ST	Dombaru Majhi	Swatantra Party
93.	Umarkote	ST	Rabisingh Majhi	Utkal Congress
94.	Nawapara	ST	Jagannath Pattanaik	Swatantra Party
95.	Khariar	Gen	Anupa Singh Deo	Utkal Congress
96.	Dharamgarh	SC	Dayanidhi Naik	Swatantra Party
97.	Koksara	Gen	Chandrabhanu Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
98.	Junagarh	Gen	Udit Pratap Deo	Swatantra Party
99.	Bhawanipatna	SC	Jagamohan Nayak	Swatantra Party
100.	Narla	SC	Dhaneswar Majhi	Swatantra Party
101.	Kesinga	Gen	Sarat Chandra Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
102.	Baliguda	ST	Sahura Mallik	Indian National Congress
103.	Udayagiri	ST	Gopal Pradhan	Indian National Congress
104.	Phulbani	SC	Chandra Sekhar Behera	Indian National Congress
105.	Boudh	Gen	Natabar Pradhan	Swatantra Party
106.	Titlagarh	SC	Tapi Jal	Swatantra Party
107.	Kantabanji	Gen	Ramprasad Misra	Swatantra Party
108.	Patnagarh	Gen	Ainthu Sahoo	Swatantra Party
109.	Saintala	Gen	Krushna Chandra Panda	Swatantra Party
110.	Loisingha	Gen	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
111.	Bolangir	Gen	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
112.	Sonepur	Gen	Daulat Bagh	Swatantra Party
113.	Binka	Gen	Radha Mohan Mishra	Swatantra Party
114.	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Hrushikesh Hota	Indian National Congress
115.	Athmallik	Gen	Bhajaman Behera	Indian National Congress
116.	Angul	Gen	Adwait Prasad Singh	Utkal Congress
117.	Hindol	SC	Bhagirathi Naik	Indian National Congress
118.	Dhenkanal	Gen	Nandini Satpathy	Indian National Congress
119.	Condia	Gen	Sribatsa Nayak	Indian National Congress
120.	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Sribatsa Nayak	Indian National Congress
121.	Pallahara	Gen	Narayan Sahu	Indian National Congress
121.	Talcher	SC	Brundaban Behera	Indian National Congress
123.	Padampur	Gen	Krupasindhu Bhoi	Indian National Congress
124.	Melchhamunda	Gen	Prakash Chandra Debta	Indian National Congress
125.	Bijepur	Gen	Gananath Pradhan	Utkal Congress
126.	Bhatli	SC	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
127.	Bargarh	Gen	Nabin Kumar Pradhan	Utkal Congress
128.	Sambalpur	Gen	Shri Ballav Panigrahi	Utkal Congress
129.	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Communist Party of India
130.	Jharsuguda	Gen	Sairendhri Nayak	Indian National Congress
131.	Laikera	ST	Hemanand Biswal	Indian National Congress
132.	Kuchinda	ST	Jagateswar Mirdhal	Indian National Congress
133.	Rairakhol	SC	Basanta Kumar Mohananda	Utkal Congress
134.	Deogarh	Gen	Tribhuban Deb	Swatantra Party
135.	Sundargarh	Gen	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo	Indian National Congress
136.	Talasara	ST	Premananda Kalo	Indian National Congress
137.	Rajgangpur	ST	Christopher Ekka	Indian National Congress
138.	Biramitrapur	ST	Christodas Luhgun	Jharkhand Party
139.	Rourkela	Gen	Dhananjaya Mohanty	Indian National Congress
140.	Raghunathpalli	ST	Agapit Lakra	Indian National Congress
141.	Bonai	ST	Benudhar Naik	Indian National Congress
142.	Champua	ST	Guru Charan Naik	Indian National Congress
143.	Patna	ST	Maheswar Majhi	Utkal Congress
144.	Keonjhar	ST	Govinda Munda	Swatantra Party
145.	Telkoi	Gen	Niladri Naik	Utkal Congress
146.	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Murlidhar Kuanr	Utkal Congress
147.	Anandapur	SC	Bhubananda Jena	Indian National Congress

See also

• 1974 elections in India
• 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
• 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

References

1. 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
2. "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
3. Story of Orissa CM Binayak Acharya: A political rags-to-riches tale
4. "The 'Iron lady' of Odisha politics". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-28.