Elections to the Third Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1961.
Constituencies The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 25 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 29 for Scheduled Tribes and 86 unreserved.
Contesting parties There are three national parties (the Communist Party of India, Congress and the Praja Socialist Party), one state party (Ganatantra Parishad), one registered unrecognised party (Jharkhand Party) and some Independent Politicians. All took part in this assembly election. The Congress party won a clear majority for the first time in Orissa by winning 58% of the seats with a vote share of 43.28%. The 1961 election was the first decisive election which resulted non-coalition govt. in the state. The post of Chief Minister saw successive replacements during this period. Bijayananda Pattanaik became the Chief Minister of Orissa and remained in power till 1963, when he was called by the national high command for reforming the party. He was replaced by the Bengali Biren Mitra, and finally by Sadasiba Tripathy in 1965 when corruption charges were brought against Mitra.
Results +Source: Election Commission of IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsColorFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress 1,269,000 43.28% 5.02 140 82 26 Ganatantra Parishad 655,099 22.34% 6.40 121 37 14 Praja Socialist Party 322,305 10.99% 0.59 43 10 1 Communist Party of India 233,971 7.98% 0.42 35 4 5 Jharkhand Party 25,602 0.87% (new) 9 0 (new) - Independents - 426,302 14.54% 0.33 187 7 6 Total----140-Valid Votes 2,932,27934.29Invalid Votes 194,966 -Total Votes polled / turnout 3,127,24536.57Abstentation 5,424,498 -Total No. of Electors 8,551,743
Elected members District#Constituency NameWinnerParty Koraput 1 Omerkote Sadasiba Tripathy 2 Dabugam Jagannath Tripathy 3 Nowrangpur (SC) Harijan Miru 4 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik 5 Kotpad (SC) Mahadev Bakria 6 Malkangiri (ST) Guru Nayak 7 Padwa Ganeswar Mohapatra 8 Koraput (ST) Toyaka Sangana 9 Pottangi (ST) Musuri Santa Pangi 10 Rayagada (ST) Mandangi Kamaya 11 Gunupur Narasinga Patra 12 Bissamcuttack (ST) Biswanath Chowdhary Ganjam 13 Parlakimedi Nalla Kurma Naikulu 14 R. Udaigiri (ST) Ramachandra Bhoya 15 Digapahandi Raghunath Mahapatra 16 Mohana (SC) Biswanath Nayak 17 Berhampur Sisir Kumar Narendra Deb 18 Patrapur (SC) Trilochan Jani 19 Dura P. Venkat Jagannath Rao 20 Chatrapur Lakshman Mahapatra 21 Khallikote Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev 22 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 23 Kodala West Biswanath Das 24 Kodala East Lingaraj Panigrahi 25 Bhanjanagar Maguni Charan Pradhan 26 Jagannath Prasad (SC) Udayanath Naik 27 Aska Lokanath Mishra 28 Suruda Arjun Naik Phulbani 29 Balliguda (ST) Podra Dubara 30 G. Udayagiri (ST) Sarangdhar Pradhan 31 Phulbani Himansu Sekhar Padhi 32 Baudh (SC) Anirudha Dipa Kalahandi 33 Madanpur-Rampur Birakeshari Deo 34 Bhawanipatna (ST) Anchal Majhi 35 Kasipur Nabakumari Devi 36 Koksara (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 37 Junagarh Maheswar Naik 38 Dharamgarh (ST) Mukunda Naik 39 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 40 Nawpara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi Bolangir 41 KantabanjiRajendra Narayan Singh Deo 42 Titilagarh (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda 43 Saintala Ainthu Sahoo 44 Patnagarh (ST) Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 45 Loisingha Ram Prasad Mishra 46 Bolangir (ST) Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi 47 Tusra Nandakishore Mishra 48 Binka Anantaram Nanda 49 Sonepur (SC) Daulata Ganda Sambalpur 50 Melchhamunda Satchidananda Padhi 51 Padampur (ST) Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha 52 Bargarh Gananath Pradhan 53 Bijepur (SC) Mohan Nag 54 Bhatli Saraswati Pradhan 55 Sambalpur Banamali Babu 56 Attabira (SC) Dalaganjan Chhuria 57 Katarbaga Bishnu Prasad Mishra 58 Deogarh (ST) Jayadev Thakur 59 Rairakhol Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb 60 Brajrajnagar Prasanna Kumar Panda 61 Jharsuguda (ST) Binod Behari Singh Bariha Sundergarh 62 Sundergarh Harihar Patel 63 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 64 Rajgangpur (ST) Rangaballabh Amat 65 Bisra (ST) Premchand Bhagat 66 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Keonjhar 67 Champua (ST) Guru Charan Naik 68 Patna Raj Ballabh Mishra 69 Keonjhar Janardan Bhanj Deo 70 Telkoi (ST) Govinda Chandra Munda 71 Ramachandrapur Muralidhar Kuanr 72 Anandapur (SC) Makar Sethi Dhenkanal 73 Pal-lahara Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 74 Talcher Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 75 Kamakhyanagar Brundaban Tripathy 76 Dhenkanal Ratnaprava Devi 77 Gondia Kalia Dehuri 78 Chhendipada (SC) Pada Naik 79 Angul Kumud Chandra Singh 80 Athmallik Khetra Mohan Panigrahi Puri 81 Banpur Raghunath Mishra 82 Daspalla (SC) Saheb Naik 83 Khandpara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy 84 Nayagarh Brundaban Chandra Singh 85 Ranpur Ram Chandra Ram 86 Begunia Gangadhar Paikray 87 Khurda Banamali Patnaik 88 Bhubaneswar Satyapriya Mohanty 89 Balipatna (SC) Gopinath Bhoi 90 Brahmagiri Gopabandhu Patra 91 Puri Bhagban Pratihari 92 Satyabadi Rajraj Deb 93 Pipili Ram Chandra Patnaik 94 Kakatpur Upendra Mohanty 95 Nimapara (SC) Gobinda Chandra Sethi Cuttack 96 Banki Gokulanand Praharaj 97 Baramba Bidyadhar Naik 98 Athgarh Achyutananda Dash 99 Cuttack City Biren Mitra 100 Choudwar Biju Pattnaik 101 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Laxman Mallick 102 Jagatsinghpur Priyanath Dey 103 Govindpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik 104 Mahanga Surendranath Patnaik 105 Salepur (SC) Baidhar Behera 106 Balikuda Bipin Bihari Das 107 Ersama Ratnamali Jema 108 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 109 Patkura Lokanath Mishra 110 Rajnagar Padma Charan Naik 111 Aul Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo 112 Kendrapara Dhruba Charan Sahu 113 Pattamundei (SC) Prahlad Mallik 114 Binjharpur Chittaranjan Naik 115 Berchana Dhananjoy Lenka 116 Dharmasala Gadadhar Dutta 117 Sukinda (SC) Baidhar Singh 118 Jajpur West Madan Mohan Patnaik 119 Jajpur East (SC) Santanu Kumar Das Balasore 120 Dhamnagar Muralidhar Jena 121 Basudebpur Nilamani Routray 122 Chandbali (SC) Bairagi Jena 123 Bhadrak Nityananda Mahapatra 124 Soro Karunakar Panigrahi 125 Simulia (SC) Bhagiratha Das 126 Nilgiri Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan 127 Balasore Bijoy Krushna De 128 Basta Maheswar Baug 129 Bhograi Pyarimohan Das 130 Jaleswar Prasanna Kumar Paul Mayurbhanj 131 Kunta Prasanna Kumar Dash 132 Baisinga (SC) Arjun Patra 133 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu 134 Karanjia Pravakar Behera 135 Jashipur (ST) Mochiram Tiriya 136 Rairangpur (ST) Chandra Mohan Singh 137 Bahalda (ST) Sonaram Soren 138 Bangiriposi (ST) Ishwar Chandra Nayak 139 Baripada Santosh Kumar Sahu 140 Muruda (ST) Sakila Soren
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