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   SWA 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

Elected Members

Source

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