Results/Vidhan Sabha/Odisha/1971
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State board · Vidhan Sabha
Odisha Vidhan Sabha 1971
Results board · 140 constituencies
HouseVidhan Sabha
StateOdisha
Seats
140
Constituencies
Majority
71
Seats needed of 140
Electors
1.09Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
44.02L
40.6% of electors
Median turnout
39.2%
Median of 140 seats
INC short
−20
Below majority · 51 − 71
[01]Seat matrix
Majority · 71 of 140INC 51 · 20 short of majority
INC
5136.4%
Indian National Congress
SWA
3625.7%
Swatantra Party
UC
3323.6%
Utkal Congress
CPI
42.9%
Communist Party of India
PRAGAT
42.9%
Pragati Sheel Party
IND
42.9%
Independents
JP
42.9%
Jharkhand Party
CPI(M)
21.4%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
JC
10.7%
Jan Congress
INCO
10.7%
Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)
[02]Vote share
The source carries no state-level vote share for Odisha 1971.
Alliances
Not in the source for this election.
[03]Computed insights
Arithmetic · working shown-
Khunta was decided by 15 votes, the closest of 140 seats; Berhampur had the widest margin, 24,027.
min / max of margin over 140 seats with a recorded margin -
7 seats were won by a margin under 1%; UC won 4 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 7 of 140 · UC 4 -
In SC-reserved seats INC won 11 of 22 (50.0%), against 36.4% of all seats.
11 ÷ 22 = 50.0% · 51 ÷ 140 = 36.4% -
Turnout ran from 15.7% in Malkangiri to 64.0% in Ersama; the median seat polled 39.2%.
min / median / max over 140 seats with a recorded turnout
Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.
[04]Turnout
< 50%
11179.3% of seats
50–60
2618.6% of seats
60–70
32.1% of seats
70–80
00.0% of seats
≥ 80%
00.0% of seats
- LowestMalkangiri15.7%
- HighestErsama64.0%
- NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded
[05]Every seat
| # | Constituency | Winner | Party | Votes polled | Margin | Margin % | Turnout % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | KaranjiaST | Prafulla Kumar Das | Swatantra Party | 19,842 | 972 | 4.9 | 31.4 |
| 02 | JashipurST | Lal Mohan Nayak | Indian National Congress | 20,550 | 169 | 0.8 | 30.4 |
| 03 | RairangpurST | Sidhalal Murmu | Jharkhand Party | 28,929 | 754 | 2.6 | 40.8 |
| 04 | BahaldaST | Sashi Bhusan Marndi | Jharkhand Party | 22,118 | 4,401 | 19.9 | 32.7 |
| 05 | BangriposiST | Radha Mohan Nayak | Swatantra Party | 21,280 | 1,445 | 6.8 | 29.3 |
| 06 | Baripada | Promod Bhanj Deo | Independent | 34,060 | 7,232 | 21.2 | 40.5 |
| 07 | MurudaST | Kuanria Majhi | Swatantra Party | 24,518 | 3,442 | 14.0 | 33.7 |
| 08 | Baisinga | Prasanna Kumar Dash | Pragati Sheel Party | 29,663 | 4,099 | 13.8 | 44.2 |
| 09 | KhuntaSTCLOSEST | Birabhadra Singh | Utkal Congress | 25,510 | 15 | 0.1 | 34.7 |
| 10 | UdalaST | Man Mohan Tudu | Indian National Congress | 25,067 | 2,034 | 8.1 | 38.2 |
| 11 | Bhograi | Kartikeswar Patra | Indian National Congress | 51,485 | 6,716 | 13.0 | 61.0 |
| 12 | Jaleswar | Prasant Kumar Pal | Pragati Sheel Party | 45,210 | 1,011 | 2.2 | 54.8 |
| 13 | Basta | Chintamani Jena | Utkal Congress | 44,203 | 2,607 | 5.9 | 59.6 |
| 14 | Balasore | Priyanath Nandy | Indian National Congress | 36,445 | 5,227 | 14.3 | 52.1 |
| 15 | Nilgiri | Banamali Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 41,109 | 1,882 | 4.6 | 51.7 |
| 16 | Sore | Jadunath Das Mohapatra | Utkal Congress | 45,369 | 2,234 | 4.9 | 53.9 |
| 17 | SimuliaSC | Chintamani Jena | Communist Party of India | 40,164 | 2,237 | 5.6 | 44.7 |
| 18 | Bhadrak | Harekrushna Mahatab | Indian National Congress | 38,972 | 10,965 | 28.1 | 49.3 |
| 19 | Dhamnagar | Hrudananda Mullick | Utkal Congress | 51,369 | 6,461 | 12.6 | 53.5 |
| 20 | ChandbaliSC | Gangadhar Das | Indian National Congress | 42,850 | 9,489 | 22.1 | 51.9 |
| 21 | Basudebpur | Nilamoni Routroy | Utkal Congress | 52,050 | 7,482 | 14.4 | 57.7 |
| 22 | Sukinda | Sanatan Deo | Utkal Congress | 30,262 | 2,805 | 9.3 | 40.7 |
| 23 | Dharamsala | Banka Bihari Das | Pragati Sheel Party | 36,580 | 4,850 | 13.3 | 44.7 |
| 24 | Barchana | Managobinda Samal | Utkal Congress | 43,300 | 1,306 | 3.0 | 51.1 |
| 25 | BinjharpurSC | Pabitramohan Jena | Indian National Congress | 37,731 | 10,291 | 27.3 | 43.8 |
| 26 | Jajpur West | Prafulla Chandra Ghade | Indian National Congress | 42,474 | 2,910 | 6.9 | 50.0 |
| 27 | Jajpur EastSC | Jaganatha Mallik | Utkal Congress | 37,517 | 14,542 | 38.8 | 43.8 |
| 28 | Aul | Sarat Kumar Deb | Swatantra Party | 47,342 | 3,773 | 8.0 | 58.0 |
| 29 | PatamundaiSC | Prahlad Mallik | Utkal Congress | 43,542 | 227 | 0.5 | 48.7 |
| 30 | Rajnagar | Prahlad Mallik | Utkal Congress | 51,010 | 5,433 | 10.7 | 55.9 |
| 31 | Kendrapara | Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty | Pragati Sheel Party | 50,985 | 1,070 | 2.1 | 57.6 |
| 32 | Patkura | Rajkishore Nayak | Utkal Congress | 52,858 | 10,341 | 19.6 | 56.2 |
| 33 | Tirtol | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Utkal Congress | 46,483 | 14,068 | 30.3 | 59.8 |
| 34 | Ersama | Narayan Birabar Samanta | Utkal Congress | 54,977 | 6,747 | 12.3 | 64.0 |
| 35 | Balikuda | Basudeb Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | 45,446 | 3,935 | 8.7 | 49.9 |
| 36 | JagatsinghpurSC | Laxman Mallick | Indian National Congress | 39,311 | 10,196 | 25.9 | 43.8 |
| 37 | Gobindpur | Trilochan Kanungo | Indian National Congress | 41,554 | 18,973 | 45.7 | 52.0 |
| 38 | Salepur | Batakrushna Jena | Utkal Congress | 48,392 | 7,071 | 14.6 | 55.4 |
| 39 | Mahanga | Sarat Kumar Kar | Utkal Congress | 44,499 | 2,350 | 5.3 | 50.7 |
| 40 | Chowdwar | Kanhu Lenka | Indian National Congress | 44,869 | 5,214 | 11.6 | 50.9 |
| 41 | Cuttack City | Bhairab Chandra Mohanty | Indian National Congress | 35,597 | 3,931 | 11.0 | 47.9 |
| 42 | Cuttack SadarSC | Sura Sethi | Indian National Congress | 31,237 | 5,674 | 18.2 | 36.7 |
| 43 | Banki | Gokulananda Prahataj | Utkal Congress | 41,087 | 635 | 1.6 | 53.1 |
| 44 | Athgarh | Radhanath Rath | Independent | 34,863 | 949 | 2.7 | 50.6 |
| 45 | Baramba | Trilochan Harichandan | Swatantra Party | 41,852 | 10,873 | 26.0 | 49.8 |
| 46 | Bhubaneswar | Harekrushna Mahtab | Indian National Congress | 46,212 | 5,577 | 12.1 | 47.8 |
| 47 | BalipatnaSC | Basanta Behera | Indian National Congress | 30,696 | 12,665 | 41.3 | 37.8 |
| 48 | Pipli | Abhimanyu Ran Singh | Indian National Congress | 39,395 | 5,485 | 13.9 | 48.8 |
| 49 | NimaparaSC | Govinda Chandra Sethi | Utkal Congress | 44,748 | 22 | 0.1 | 54.8 |
| 50 | Kakatpur | Surendranath Naik | Utkal Congress | 53,657 | 1,626 | 3.0 | 63.0 |
| 51 | Satyabadi | Chandramadhab Misra | Independent | 42,051 | 2,532 | 6.0 | 50.0 |
| 52 | Puri | Brajamohan Mohanty | Indian National Congress | 37,215 | 6,833 | 18.4 | 46.1 |
| 53 | Brahmagiri | Gopabandhu Patra | Indian National Congress | 36,527 | 2,738 | 7.5 | 47.4 |
| 54 | Banpur | Ramachandra Praharaja | Swatantra Party | 42,618 | 2,102 | 4.9 | 49.3 |
| 55 | Khurda | Benudhar Baliarsing | Indian National Congress | 39,059 | 8,633 | 22.1 | 46.0 |
| 56 | Begunia | Gangadhara Paikaray | Communist Party of India | 43,275 | 3,789 | 8.8 | 51.1 |
| 57 | Khandpara | Bansidhar Pattnaik | Independent | 23,032 | 579 | 2.5 | 32.0 |
| 58 | DaspallaSC | Saheb Naik | Indian National Congress | 20,623 | 5,999 | 29.1 | 28.1 |
| 59 | Nayagarh | Achyutananda Mohanty | Utkal Congress | 34,103 | 7,182 | 21.1 | 43.9 |
| 60 | Ranpur | Ramesha Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 32,237 | 6,386 | 19.8 | 44.6 |
| 61 | JaganathprasadSC | Bachanaik | Indian National Congress | 21,297 | 4,003 | 18.8 | 28.1 |
| 62 | Bhanjanagar | Somnath Rath | Indian National Congress | 40,034 | 2,791 | 7.0 | 47.8 |
| 63 | Suruda | Ananta N. Singhdeo | Swatantra Party | 28,593 | 3,201 | 11.2 | 37.7 |
| 64 | Aska | Krushna Chandra Tripathy | Utkal Congress | 45,448 | 627 | 1.4 | 57.8 |
| 65 | Kavsurya Nagar | Sadananda Mahanty | Communist Party of India | 44,416 | 2,208 | 5.0 | 49.7 |
| 66 | Kodala | Ramkrishna Patanaik | Utkal Congress | 43,195 | 3,907 | 9.1 | 54.7 |
| 67 | Khallikote | Trinatha Samantra | Utkal Congress | 46,308 | 1,292 | 2.8 | 55.7 |
| 68 | Chatrapur | Lakshmana Mahapatra | Communist Party of India | 36,391 | 4,312 | 11.9 | 43.6 |
| 69 | Hinjili | Brundaban Naik | Utkal Congress | 37,278 | 5,387 | 14.5 | 46.7 |
| 70 | DuraSC | Mohan Nayak | Indian National Congress | 26,864 | 11,490 | 42.8 | 38.4 |
| 71 | BerhampurWIDEST | Binayak Acharya | Indian National Congress | 38,028 | 24,027 | 63.2 | 46.8 |
| 72 | Chikati | S. Atchidananda Deo | Indian National Congress | 41,870 | 19,042 | 45.5 | 47.5 |
| 73 | MohanaST | Bhimasena Mandal | Indian National Congress | 19,349 | 2,851 | 14.7 | 26.1 |
| 74 | RamagiriST | Gorosang Soboro | Indian National Congress | 19,329 | 7,068 | 36.6 | 26.6 |
| 75 | Parlakhemundi | Latchanna Naidu Darapu | Swatantra Party | 46,007 | 25 | 0.1 | 58.4 |
| 76 | GunupurST | Bhagirathi Gamango | Indian National Congress | 29,712 | 11,512 | 38.8 | 35.1 |
| 77 | Bissam CuttackST | Praska Sripathi | Swatantra Party | 20,015 | 4,698 | 23.5 | 26.0 |
| 78 | RayagadaST | Himirika Raghunath | Indian National Congress | 20,044 | 3,201 | 16.0 | 27.7 |
| 79 | NarayanpatnaST | Tadingi Jogi | Indian National Congress | 14,275 | 274 | 1.9 | 19.7 |
| 80 | NandapurST | Disari Sanu | Utkal Congress | 11,324 | 1,160 | 10.2 | 16.2 |
| 81 | MalkangiriST | Gangadhar Madi | Indian National Congress | 16,023 | 5,062 | 31.6 | 15.7 |
| 82 | Jeypore | Pratap Narayan Singh Deo | Swatantra Party | 21,644 | 1,327 | 6.1 | 33.9 |
| 83 | KotpadST | Dhansai Rondhari | Swatantra Party | 16,577 | 1,735 | 10.5 | 21.5 |
| 84 | Nowrangpur | Habibulla Khan | Swatantra Party | 18,497 | 1,242 | 6.7 | 23.9 |
| 85 | KodingaSC | Purno Chandramirgan | Utkal Congress | 15,090 | 1,131 | 7.5 | 20.8 |
| 86 | DabugamST | Dombaru Majhi | Swatantra Party | 17,956 | 1,704 | 9.5 | 22.9 |
| 87 | UmerkoteST | Rabisingh Majhi | Utkal Congress | 22,422 | 40 | 0.2 | 26.7 |
| 88 | NawaparaST | Ghasiram Majhi | Swatantra Party | 21,944 | 817 | 3.7 | 32.6 |
| 89 | Khariar | Anupa Singh Deo | Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION) | 26,723 | 10,998 | 41.2 | 41.5 |
| 90 | DharamgarhSC | Lochan Dhangada Majhi | Swatantra Party | 21,066 | 7,140 | 33.9 | 40.2 |
| 91 | Koksara | Birakesari Deo | Swatantra Party | 22,329 | 12,009 | 53.8 | 35.0 |
| 92 | Junagarh | Trinath Sarab | Swatantra Party | 25,395 | 13,047 | 51.4 | 37.7 |
| 93 | BhawanipatnaSC | Dayanidhi Nayak | Swatantra Party | 21,249 | 12,571 | 59.2 | 36.7 |
| 94 | NarlaST | Dhaneswar Majhi | Swatantra Party | 15,335 | 7,932 | 51.7 | 27.1 |
| 95 | Kesinga | Bhagawan Bhoi | Swatantra Party | 21,357 | 5,312 | 24.9 | 32.4 |
| 96 | UdayagiriST | Gopal Pradhan | Swatantra Party | 20,600 | 2,190 | 10.6 | 22.9 |
| 97 | BalligudaST | Naresh Pradhan | Swatantra Party | 15,953 | 1,301 | 8.2 | 21.3 |
| 98 | PhulbaniST | Jagadish Jani | Indian National Congress | 12,579 | 214 | 1.7 | 17.0 |
| 99 | Baudh | Natabar Pradhan | Swatantra Party | 33,709 | 932 | 2.8 | 42.5 |
| 100 | Sonepur | Niuambar Raiguru | Swatantra Party | 25,163 | 5,411 | 21.5 | 34.9 |
| 101 | Binka | Narasingha Charan Mishra | Swatantra Party | 32,673 | 5,326 | 16.3 | 39.1 |
| 102 | Tusra | Radhamohan Misra | Swatantra Party | 26,396 | 13,264 | 50.3 | 36.0 |
| 103 | Bolangir | Rajindran Singh Deo | Swatantra Party | 31,857 | 14,301 | 44.9 | 47.1 |
| 104 | Losingha | Nandakishore Misra | Swatantra Party | 28,614 | 8,749 | 30.6 | 42.6 |
| 105 | Patnagarh | Ainthu Sahoo | Swatantra Party | 29,343 | 13,913 | 47.4 | 42.9 |
| 106 | Saintala | Ramesh C. Singh Bhoi | Swatantra Party | 24,076 | 9,368 | 38.9 | 34.8 |
| 107 | TitilagarhSC | Tapi Jal | Swatantra Party | 25,382 | 11,141 | 43.9 | 35.4 |
| 108 | KantabanjiSC | Achyutanand Mahanand | Swatantra Party | 20,306 | 8,433 | 41.5 | 33.9 |
| 109 | Padampur | Krupasindhu Bhoi | Indian National Congress | 22,504 | 6,132 | 27.3 | 27.8 |
| 110 | Melchhamunda | Birendra Kumar Sahu | Swatantra Party | 25,268 | 1,636 | 6.5 | 33.9 |
| 111 | BijepurSC | Tribikram Mallick | Indian National Congress | 25,045 | 1,210 | 4.8 | 30.2 |
| 112 | Bhatli | Kunja Bihari Naik | Indian National Congress | 29,559 | 3,201 | 10.8 | 36.6 |
| 113 | Bargarh | Chittaranjan Kar | Indian National Congress | 30,009 | 523 | 1.7 | 33.1 |
| 114 | Sambalpur | Sriballav Panigrahi | Indian National Congress | 33,218 | 10,176 | 30.6 | 35.9 |
| 115 | Brajarajnagar | Upendra Dikshit | Indian National Congress | 27,263 | 2,136 | 7.8 | 39.0 |
| 116 | Jharsuguda | Jhashaketan Sahu | Indian National Congress | 27,951 | 2,549 | 9.1 | 36.6 |
| 117 | LaikeraST | Rameshwar Naik | Indian National Congress | 21,486 | 159 | 0.7 | 30.0 |
| 118 | KuchindaST | Jagateswar Mirdha | Indian National Congress | 14,757 | 2,470 | 16.7 | 20.6 |
| 119 | RairakholSC | Abhimanyu Kumbhar | Indian National Congress | 15,941 | 1,325 | 8.3 | 21.8 |
| 120 | Deogarh | Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja | Swatantra Party | 28,026 | 3,725 | 13.3 | 37.2 |
| 121 | Sundargarh | Dibyalochan Shekhar Deo | Indian National Congress | 31,627 | 3,075 | 9.7 | 42.6 |
| 122 | TalsaraST | Gangadhar Pradhan | Swatantra Party | 29,901 | 2,954 | 9.9 | 41.1 |
| 123 | RajgangpurST | Ignace Majhi | Jharkhand Party | 27,485 | 5,065 | 18.4 | 40.6 |
| 124 | BisraST | Kullan Bagf | Jharkhand Party | 22,919 | 2,767 | 12.1 | 36.5 |
| 125 | Rourkela | Shyam Sundar Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | 40,788 | 13,532 | 33.2 | 38.6 |
| 126 | BonaiST | Hemendra Pd. Mahapatra | Swatantra Party | 17,526 | 867 | 5.0 | 25.9 |
| 127 | ChampuaST | Saharai Oram | Utkal Congress | 19,074 | 4,025 | 21.1 | 30.1 |
| 128 | PatnaST | Maheswar Majhi | Utkal Congress | 15,391 | 1,287 | 8.4 | 22.1 |
| 129 | KeonjharST | Chhotanan Majhi | Utkal Congress | 14,905 | 1,521 | 10.2 | 22.4 |
| 130 | TelkoriST | Niladri Nayak | Utkal Congress | 12,378 | 962 | 7.8 | 20.4 |
| 131 | Ramchandrapur | Muralidhar Kunhar | Indian National Congress | 28,288 | 12,363 | 43.7 | 39.4 |
| 132 | AnandpurSC | Makar Sethi | Indian National Congress | 23,088 | 7,615 | 33.0 | 33.6 |
| 133 | Pal Lahara | Narayan Sahu | Indian National Congress | 29,292 | 2,831 | 9.7 | 37.5 |
| 134 | Kamakhyanagar | Brahmananda Biswal | Indian National Congress | 30,472 | 11,811 | 38.8 | 35.9 |
| 135 | Gondia | Brundaban Tripathy | Indian National Congress | 28,585 | 2,240 | 7.8 | 37.1 |
| 136 | Dhenkanal | Surendra Mohan Pattanaik | Indian National Congress | 31,104 | 2,532 | 8.1 | 37.4 |
| 137 | TalcherSC | Brundaban Behera | Jan Congress | 31,234 | 1,476 | 4.7 | 42.5 |
| 138 | ChhendipadaSC | Bhajaman Behera | Utkal Congress | 26,072 | 8,434 | 32.4 | 32.8 |
| 139 | Angul | Debaraja Sahu | Utkal Congress | 22,218 | 4,667 | 21.0 | 28.6 |
| 140 | Athmallik | Raja Kishore Pradhan | Utkal Congress | 28,532 | 316 | 1.1 | 37.5 |
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 24,027 votes
Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1971 · Odisha · 140 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database
Vote share and alliancesThe source has no state-level summary for this election