1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 5 March 1971.1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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 IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− 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 All India Jharkhand Party 72,291 1.64% 14 4 - Independents - 332,327 7.55% 8.00 190 4 1Total----140-Valid Votes 4,401,92040.56Invalid Votes306,454 -Total Votes polled / turnout 4,708,37443.39Abstentation 5,694,717 -Total No. of Electors 10,851,525

Winning candidates District # Constituency Name WinnerParty Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Prafulla Kumar Das 2 Jashipur (ST) Lal Mohan Nayak 3 Rairangpur (ST) Siddhalal Murmu 4 Bahalda (ST) Sashi Bhusan Marandi 5 Bangriposi (ST) Radha Mohan Nayak 6 Baripada Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo 7 Muruda (ST) Kuanria Majhi 8 Baisinga (ST) Prasanna Kumar Dash 9 Khunta Birabhadra Singh 10 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu Baleshwar 11 Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra 12 Jaleswar Prasanta Kumar Pal 13 Basta Chintamani Jena 14 Balasore Priyanath Nandy 15 Nilgiri Banamali Das 16 Sore Jadunath Das Mahapatra 17 Simulia (SC) Chintamani Jena 18 Bhadrak Harekrushna Mahatab 19 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mallick 20 Chandabali (SC) Gangadhar Das 21 Basudebpur Nilamani Routray Cuttack 22 Sukinda Sanatan Deo 23 Dharmasala Banka Bihari Das 24 Barchana Managobinda Samal 25 Binjharpur Pabitramohan Jena 26 Jajpur (West) Prafulla Chandra Ghadei 27 Jajpur (East) (SC) Jaganatha Mallick 28 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb 29 Patamundai (SC) Prahlad Mallik 30 Rajanagar Prahlad Mallik 31 Kendrapara Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty 32 Patkura Rajkishore Nayak 33 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 34 Ersama Narayana Birabar Samanta 35 Balikuda Basudeba Mohapatra 36 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Laxman Mallick 37 Gobindpur Trilochan Kanungo 38 Salepur Batakrushna Jena 39 Mahanga Sarat Kumar Kar 40 Chowdwar Kanhu Charan Jena 41 Cuttack City Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty 42 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Sura Sethi 43 Banki Gokulananda Praharaj 44 Athagarh Radhanatha Rath 45 Baramba Trilochan Harichandan Puri 46 Bhubaneswar Harekrushna Mahatab 47 Balipatna (SC) Basanta Behera 48 Pipili Abhimanyu Ran Singh 49 Nimapara (SC) Govinda Chandra Sethi 50 Kakatapur Surendra Nath Naik 51 Satyabadi Chandramadhaba Mishra 52 Puri Braja Mohan Mohanty 53 Bramhagiri Gopabandhu Patra 54 Banpur Ramachandra Praharaja 55 Khurda Benudhar Baliarsing 56 Begunia Gangadhara Paikaray 57 Khandapara Bansidhar Pattnaik 58 Daspalla (SC) Saheb Naik 59 Nayagarh Achyutananda Mohanty 60 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda Ganjam 61 Jaganathprasad (SC) Bacha Naik 62 Bhanjanagar Somanath Rath 63 Suruda Ananta Narayana Singh Deo 64 Aska Krushna Chandra Tripathy 65 Kabisuryanagar Sadananda Mahanty 66 Kodala Ram Krushna Pattanaik 67 Khallikote Trinatha Samantra 68 Chatrapur Lakhmana Mahapatra 69 Hinjili Brundaban Naik 70 Dura (SC) Mohan Nayak 71 Berhampur Binayak Acharya 72 Chikati Satchidananda Deo 73 Mohana (ST) Bhimasena Mandal 74 Ramagiri (ST) Gorosang Soboro 75 Paralakhemundi Darapu Latchanna Naidu Koraput 76 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango 77 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Sripathi Praska 78 Rayagada (ST) Raghunatha Himirika 79 Narayanpatna (ST) Jogi Tadingi 80 Nandapur (ST) Sanu Disari 81 Malkangiri (ST) Gangadhar Madhi 82 Jeypore Pratap Narayan Singh Deo 83 Kotpad (ST) Dhansai Randhari 84 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 85 Kodinga (SC) Purno Chandramirgan 86 Dabugam (ST) Dombaru Majhi 87 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Kalahandi 88 Nawapara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi 89 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 90 Dharmagarh (SC) Lochan Dhangada Majhi 91 Koksara Birakesari Deo 92 Junagarh Trinath Sorab 93 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Nayak 94 Narla (ST) Dhaneswar Majhi 95 Kesinga Bhagaban Bhoi Phulbani 96 Udayagiri (ST) Gopal Pradhan rowspan="2" 97 Balliguda (ST)Naresh Pradhan 98 Phulbani (ST) Jagadish Jani 99 Baudh Natabar Pradhan Balangir 100 Sonepur Nilambar Raiguru 101 Binka Narasingha Mishra 102 Tusra Radhamohan Mishra 103 Bolangir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo 104 Loisinga Nandakishore Misra 105 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo 106 Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 107 Titilagarh (SC) Tapi Jal 108 Kantabanji (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda Sambalpur 109 Padampur Krupasindhu Bhoi 110 Melchhamunda Birendra kumar Sahu 111 Bijepur (SC) Tribikram Mallick 112 Bhatli Kunja Bihari Naik 113 Bargarh Chittaranjan Kar 114 Sambalpur Sriballav Panigrahi 115 Brajarajnagar Upendra Dikshit 116 Jharsuguda Jhashaketan Sahu 117 Laikera (ST) Rameshwar Naik 118 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 119 Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumbhar 120 Deogarh Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja Sundargarh 121 Sundargarh Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo 122 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 123 Rajgangpur (ST) Ignace Majhi 124 Bisra (ST) Kullan Bag 125 Rourkela Shyam Sundar Mohapatra 126 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Keonjhar 127 Champua (ST) Saharai Oram 128 Patna (ST) Maheswar Majhi 129 Keonjhar (ST) Chhotaray Majhi 130 Telkori (ST) Niladri Nayak 131 Ramachandrapur Muralidhar Kuanr 132 Anandpur (SC) Makar Sethi Dhenkanal 133 Pallahara Narayana Sahu 134 Kamakhyanagar Bramhananda Biswal 135 Gondia Brundaban Tripathy 136 Dhenkanal Surendra Mohan Pattanaik 137 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera 138 Chhendipada (SC) Bhajaman Behera 139 Angul Debaraja Sahu 140 Athamallik Raja Kishore Pradhan

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.

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.List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1971

See also 6th Orissa Legislative Assembly 1971 elections in India 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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