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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1957'''
| next_election = 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1967'''
| election_date = 1961
| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg
| leader1 = [[Biju Patnaik]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Choudwar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Choudwar]]
| seats1 = 82
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 26
| popular_vote1 = 12,69,000
| percentage1 = 43.28
| swing1 = {{increase}} 5.02
| image2 = 
| leader2 = 
| leaders_seat2 = -
| party2 = [[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]
| seats2 = 37
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 14
| popular_vote2 = 6,55,099
| percentage2 = 28.74
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.51
| title = [[Chief Minister of Odisha|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = Vacant
| before_party = [[President's rule]]
| after_election = [[Biju Patnaik]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 71
}}

Elections to the Third [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] were held 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1961|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3619-orissa-1961/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref>

==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 [[Communist Party of India]], [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and [[Praja Socialist Party]], one state party [[All India Ganatantra Parishad]],one registered unrecognised party [[Jharkhand Party]] and some [[Independent Politician]]took part in this assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 58% of the seats with a vote share of 43.28%.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1961|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3619-orissa-1961/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}}</ref> The post of [[Chief Minister]] saw successive replacements during this period.[[Biju Patnaik]] became the  [[Chief Minister]] of [[Odisha]] and remained in power till 1963, before being replaced by [[Biren Mitra]], and finally by [[Sadashiva Tripathy]].

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{cite web |title=Orissa 1961 |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3619-orissa-1961/ |website=Election commission of India |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 
| 140 || 82 || {{increase}} 26 || 58.57 || 12,69,000 || 43.28 || {{increase}} 5.02
|-
|
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]
|
| 121 || 37 || {{decrease}} 14 || 26.42 || 6,55,099 || 27.23 || {{decrease}} 1.51
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| 43 || 10 || {{decrease}} 1 || 7.14 || 3,22,305 || 30.43 || {{increase}} 20.03
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| 
| 35 || 4 || {{decrease}} 5 || 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 27.32 || {{increase}} 18.92
|-
| {{party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jharkhand Party]]
| 
| 9 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 25,602 || 13.57 || "New"
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}
|
| 187 || 7 || {{decrease}} 6 || 5 || 4,26,302 || 20.89 || N/A
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 85,51,743 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|31,27,245 (36.57%)
|}

==References==
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