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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Odisha, 1971
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = Indian general election in Odisha, 1967
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = Indian general election in Odisha, 1977
| next_year = 1977
| election_date = 1–10 March 1971<ref>http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/INDIA_1971_E.PDF</ref>
| seats_for_election = 20 seats
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| last_election1 = 6
| seats1 = 15
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9
| party2 = Swatantra Party
| last_election2 = 8
| seats2 = 3
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| party3 = [[Utkal Congress]]
| last_election3 = New
| seats3 = 1
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 1
| party4 = Communist Party of India
| last_election4 = 0
| seats4 = 1
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 1
| map_image =
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Odisha]]
}}
The '''1971 Indian general election in Odisha''' were held for 20 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the [[1971 Indian general election|general elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title=General Election of India 1971, 5th Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 January 2010 |page=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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<ref>http://eci.nic.in/</ref>

===List of elected MPs===
'''Keys:'''
{{legend2|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Swatantra Party}}|[[Swatantra Party]] |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#ff0000|[[Communist Party of India]] |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#F7DF05|[[Utkal Congress]] |border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|S No.
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winning candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Winning party
|-
| 1.
|[[Angul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Angul]]
|[[Pratap Gangadebbad Kumar]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 2.
|[[Balasore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balasore]]
|[[Shyamsundar Mohapatra]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 3.
|[[Bhadrak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrak]]
|[[Arjun Charan Sethi]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 4.
|[[Bhanjanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhanjanagar]]
|[[Dutikrishna Panda]]
| bgcolor=red|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
| 5.
|[[Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[Chintamani Panigrahi]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 6.
|[[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]]
|[[Raj Raj Singh Deo]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Swatantra Party}}|[[Swatantra Party]]
|-
| 7.
|[[Chatrapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatrapur]]
|[[Jagannath Rao]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 8.
|[[Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuttack]]
|[[Janki Ballav Patnaik]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 9.
|[[Dhenkanal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhenkanal]]
|[[Devendra Satpathy]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 10.
|[[Jajpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jajpur]]
|[[Anandi Charan Das]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 11.
|[[Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kalahandi]]
|[[Pratap Keshari Deo]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Swatantra Party}}|[[Swatantra Party]]
|-
| 12.
|[[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]]
|[[Surendra Mohanty]]
| bgcolor=#F7DF05|[[Utkal Congress]]
|-
| 13.
|[[Keonjhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Keonjhar]]
|[[Kumar Majhi]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 14.
|[[Koraput (Lok Sabha constituency)|Koraput]]
|[[Bhagirathi Gomango]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 15.
|[[Mayurbhanj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayurbhanj]]
|[[Manmohan Tudu]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 16.
|[[Nowrangpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nowrangpur]]
|[[Khagipathi Pradhani]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 17.
|[[Puri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Puri]]
|[[Banamali Patanaik]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 18.
|[[Phulbani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulbani]]
|[[Boksi Nayak]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Swatantra Party}}|[[Swatantra Party]]
|-
| 19.
|[[Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sambalpur]]
|[[Banamali Babu]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 20.
|[[Sundargarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sundargarh]]
|[[Gajadhar Majhi]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}

===Bye Elections===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|S No.
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winning candidate
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Winning party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Reason
|-
| 1.
|[[Koraput (Lok Sabha constituency)|Koraput]]
|[[Giridhar Gamang]]
| bgcolor=#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]
| Resignation of Bhagirathi Gamang
|-
| 2.
|[[Mayurbhanj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayurbhanj]]
|[[Chandra Mohan Sinha]]
| bgcolor=#F7DF05|[[Utkal Congress]]
| Resignation of Manmohan Tudu
|-
|}

==References==
<references />
{{Odisha elections}}

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