1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
← 1967 1971 1974 →
All 140 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly; 71 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo; Swatantra Party	Chief Minister ; Bishwanath Das; Independent

Elections to the fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 5 March 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 (R) and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress (R) party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%.

Results

Source: Election Commission of India^[2]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Indian National Congress (R)		1,240,668	28.18%	2.48	129	51	20
		Utkal Congress		1,055,826	23.99%	(new)	139	33	(new)
		Swatantra Party		767,815	17.44%	5.14	115	36	13
		Praja Socialist Party		267,768	6.08%	6.18	50	4	17
		Communist Party of India		210,811	4.79%	0.47	29	4	3
		Orissa Jana Congress		227,056	5.16%	8.31	66	1	25
		Indian National Congress (O)		79,460	1.81%	(new)	50	1	(new)
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		52,785	1.20%	0.04	11	2	1
		Jharkhand Party		72,291	1.64%		14	4
	-	Independents	-	332,327	7.55%	8.00	190	4	1
Total				-	-	-	-	140	-
Valid Votes				4,401,920	40.56
Invalid Votes				306,454	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				4,708,374	43.39
Abstentation				5,694,717	-
Total No. of Electors				10,851,525

Winning candidates

District	#	Constituency Name	Winner
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Prafulla Kumar Das	Swatantra Party
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Lal Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	3	Rairangpur (ST)	Siddhalal Murmu	All India Jharkhand Party
	4	Bahalda (ST)	Sashi Bhusan Marandi	All India Jharkhand Party
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Radha Mohan Nayak	Swatantra Party
	6	Baripada	Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo	Independent
	7	Muruda (ST)	Kuanria Majhi	Swatantra Party
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Praja Socialist Party
	9	Khunta	Birabhadra Singh	Utkal Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Manmohan Tudu	Indian National Congress (R)
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra	Indian National Congress (R)
	12	Jaleswar	Prasanta Kumar Pal	Praja Socialist Party
	13	Basta	Chintamani Jena	Utkal Congress
	14	Balasore	Priyanath Nandy	Indian National Congress (R)
	15	Nilgiri	Banamali Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	16	Sore	Jadunath Das Mahapatra	Utkal Congress
	17	Simulia (SC)	Chintamani Jena	Communist Party of India
	18	Bhadrak	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress (R)
	19	Dhamnagar	Hrudananda Mallick	Utkal Congress
	20	Chandabali (SC)	Gangadhar Das	Indian National Congress (R)
	21	Basudebpur	Nilamani Routray	Utkal Congress
Cuttack	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 (R)
	26	Jajpur (West)	Prafulla Chandra Ghadei	Indian National Congress (R)
	27	Jajpur (East) (SC)	Jaganatha Mallick	Utkal Congress
	28	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb	Swatantra Party
	29	Patamundai (SC)	Prahlad Mallik	Utkal Congress
	30	Rajanagar	Prahlad Mallik	Utkal Congress
	31	Kendrapara	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty	Praja Socialist Party
	32	Patkura	Rajkishore Nayak	Utkal Congress
	33	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Utkal Congress
	34	Ersama	Narayana Birabar Samanta	Utkal Congress
	35	Balikuda	Basudeba Mohapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	36	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Laxman Mallick	Indian National Congress (R)
	37	Gobindpur	Trilochan Kanungo	Indian National Congress (R)
	38	Salepur	Batakrushna Jena	Utkal Congress
	39	Mahanga	Sarat Kumar Kar	Utkal Congress
	40	Chowdwar	Kanhu Charan Jena	Indian National Congress (R)
	41	Cuttack City	Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty	Indian National Congress (R)
	42	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Sura Sethi	Indian National Congress (R)
	43	Banki	Gokulananda Praharaj	Utkal Congress
	44	Athagarh	Radhanatha Rath	Independent
	45	Baramba	Trilochan Harichandan	Swatantra Party
Puri	46	Bhubaneswar	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress (R)
	47	Balipatna (SC)	Basanta Behera	Indian National Congress (R)
	48	Pipili	Abhimanyu Ran Singh	Indian National Congress (R)
	49	Nimapara (SC)	Govinda Chandra Sethi	Utkal Congress
	50	Kakatapur	Surendra Nath Naik	Utkal Congress
	51	Satyabadi	Chandramadhaba Mishra	Independent
	52	Puri	Braja Mohan Mohanty	Indian National Congress (R)
	53	Bramhagiri	Gopabandhu Patra	Indian National Congress (R)
	54	Banpur	Ramachandra Praharaja	Swatantra Party
	55	Khurda	Benudhar Baliarsing	Indian National Congress (R)
	56	Begunia	Gangadhara Paikaray	Communist Party of India
	57	Khandapara	Bansidhar Pattnaik	Independent
	58	Daspalla (SC)	Saheb Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	59	Nayagarh	Achyutananda Mohanty	Utkal Congress
	60	Ranpur	Ramesh Chandra Panda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ganjam	61	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Bacha Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	62	Bhanjanagar	Somanath Rath	Indian National Congress (R)
	63	Suruda	Ananta Narayana Singh Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	64	Aska	Krushna Chandra Tripathy	Utkal Congress
	65	Kabisuryanagar	Sadananda Mahanty	Communist Party of India
	66	Kodala	Ram Krushna Pattanaik	Utkal Congress
	67	Khallikote	Trinatha Samantra	Utkal Congress
	68	Chatrapur	Lakhmana Mahapatra	Communist Party of India
	69	Hinjili	Brundaban Naik	Utkal Congress
	70	Dura (SC)	Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	71	Berhampur	Binayak Acharya	Indian National Congress (R)
	72	Chikati	Satchidananda Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	73	Mohana (ST)	Bhimasena Mandal	Indian National Congress (R)
	74	Ramagiri (ST)	Gorosang Soboro	Indian National Congress (R)
	75	Paralakhemundi	Darapu Latchanna Naidu	Swatantra Party
Koraput	76	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango	Indian National Congress (R)
	77	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Sripathi Praska	Swatantra Party
	78	Rayagada (ST)	Raghunatha Himirika	Indian National Congress (R)
	79	Narayanpatna (ST)	Jogi Tadingi	Indian National Congress (R)
	80	Nandapur (ST)	Sanu Disari	Utkal Congress
	81	Malkangiri (ST)	Gangadhar Madhi	Indian National Congress (R)
	82	Jeypore	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
	83	Kotpad (ST)	Dhansai Randhari	Swatantra Party
	84	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan	Swatantra Party
	85	Kodinga (SC)	Purno Chandramirgan	Utkal Congress
	86	Dabugam (ST)	Dombaru Majhi	Swatantra Party
	87	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi	Utkal Congress
Kalahandi	88	Nawapara (ST)	Ghasiram Majhi	Swatantra Party
	89	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo	Indian National Congress (Organization)
	90	Dharmagarh (SC)	Lochan Dhangada Majhi	Swatantra Party
	91	Koksara	Birakesari Deo	Swatantra Party
	92	Junagarh	Trinath Sorab	Swatantra Party
	93	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Nayak	Swatantra Party
	94	Narla (ST)	Dhaneswar Majhi	Swatantra Party
	95	Kesinga	Bhagaban Bhoi	Swatantra Party
Phulbani	96	Udayagiri (ST)	Gopal Pradhan	Swatantra Party
	97	Balliguda (ST)	Naresh Pradhan	Swatantra Party
	98	Phulbani (ST)	Jagadish Jani	Indian National Congress (R)
	99	Baudh	Natabar Pradhan	Swatantra Party
Balangir	100	Sonepur	Nilambar Raiguru	Swatantra Party
	101	Binka	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	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo	Swatantra Party
	106	Saintala	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	Swatantra Party
	107	Titilagarh (SC)	Tapi Jal	Swatantra Party
	108	Kantabanji (SC)	Achyutananda Mahananda	Swatantra Party
Sambalpur	109	Padampur	Krupasindhu Bhoi	Indian National Congress (R)
	110	Melchhamunda	Birendra kumar Sahu	Swatantra Party
	111	Bijepur (SC)	Tribikram Mallick	Indian National Congress (R)
	112	Bhatli	Kunja Bihari Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	113	Bargarh	Chittaranjan Kar	Indian National Congress (R)
	114	Sambalpur	Sriballav Panigrahi	Indian National Congress (R)
	115	Brajarajnagar	Upendra Dikshit	Indian National Congress (R)
	116	Jharsuguda	Jhashaketan Sahu	Indian National Congress (R)
	117	Laikera (ST)	Rameshwar Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	118	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha	Indian National Congress (R)
	119	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumbhar	Indian National Congress (R)
	120	Deogarh	Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja	Swatantra Party
Sundargarh	121	Sundargarh	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	122	Talsara (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	Shyam Sundar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	126	Bonai (ST)	Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra	Swatantra Party
Keonjhar	127	Champua (ST)	Saharai Oram	Utkal Congress
	128	Patna (ST)	Maheswar Majhi	Utkal Congress
	129	Keonjhar (ST)	Chhotaray Majhi	Utkal Congress
	130	Telkori (ST)	Niladri Nayak	Utkal Congress
	131	Ramachandrapur	Muralidhar Kuanr	Indian National Congress (R)
	132	Anandpur (SC)	Makar Sethi	Indian National Congress (R)
Dhenkanal	133	Pallahara	Narayana Sahu	Indian National Congress (R)
	134	Kamakhyanagar	Bramhananda Biswal	Indian National Congress (R)
	135	Gondia	Brundaban Tripathy	Indian National Congress (R)
	136	Dhenkanal	Surendra Mohan Pattanaik	Indian National Congress (R)
	137	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera	Orissa Jana Congress
	138	Chhendipada (SC)	Bhajaman Behera	Utkal Congress
	139	Angul	Debaraja Sahu	Utkal Congress
	140	Athamallik	Raja Kishore Pradhan	Utkal Congress

Government formation

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.^[3]

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 (R) 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.^[4]^[5]

References

[1] 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

[2] "1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly Election". Election Commission of India.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] Bishwanath Das, Patriot With A Difference

[4] Nandini Satpathy: First woman Chief Minister of Orissa

[5] List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1971

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