1971 Indian general election in Orissa

The 1971 Indian general election in Orissa were held for 20 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the general elections.

The major contenders in the state were the Indian National Congress and the Swatantra Party. The third front parties contesting in the state were the Utkal Congress, the Left parties. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.

Biju Patnaik was close to Indira Gandhi. However, they clashed in 1969 over the presidential election. He left the Congress and formed a regional party called Utkal Congress.

Voting and results Source: Election Commission of India

List of elected MPs Keys:

S No.ConstituencyWinning candidateWinning party 1MayurbhanjManmohan TuduIndian National Congress 2BalasoreShyamsundar MohapatraIndian National Congress 3BhadrakArjun Charan SethiIndian National Congress 4JajpurAnandi Charan DasIndian National Congress 5KendraparaSurendra MohantyUtkal Congress 6CuttackJanki Ballav PatnaikIndian National Congress 7PuriBanamali PatanaikIndian National Congress 8BhubaneswarChintamani PanigrahiIndian National Congress 9BhanjanagarDutikrishna PandaCommunist Party of India 10ChatrapurJagannath RaoIndian National Congress 11KoraputBhagirathi GomangoIndian National Congress 12NowrangpurKhagipathi PradhaniIndian National Congress 13KalahandiPratap Keshari DeoSwatantra Party 14PhulbaniBoksi NayakSwatantra Party 15BolangirRaj Raj Singh DeoSwatantra Party 16SambalpurBanamali BabuIndian National Congress 17SundargarhGajadhar MajhiIndian National Congress 18KeonjharKumar MajhiIndian National Congress 19DhenkanalDevendra SatpathyIndian National Congress 20AngulPratap Gangadebbad KumarIndian National Congress

Bye Elections

S No.ConstituencyWinning candidateWinning partyReason 1.KoraputGiridhar GamangIndian National Congress Resignation of Bhagirathi Gamang 2.MayurbhanjChandra Mohan SinhaUtkal Congress Resignation of Manmohan Tudu

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