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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = Elections in India <br />
| country = India <br />
| previous_election = 1960 elections in India <br />
| previous_year = 1960<br />
| election_date = 1961<br />
| next_election = 1962 elections in India <br />
| next_year = 1962<br />
}}<br />
{{Politics of India}}<br />
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==Legislative Assembly elections==<br />
===Orissa===<br />
{{Main|1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}<br />
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref>{{cite web |title=Orissa 1961 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3619-orissa-1961/ |website=Election commission of India |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}<br />
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"<br />
! class="unsortable" |<!--color--><br />
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats<br />
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %<br />
|- style="background: #90EE90;"<br />
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| <br />
| 140 || 82 || {{increase}} 26 || 58.57 || 12,69,000 || 43.28 || {{increase}} 5.02<br />
|-<br />
|<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]<br />
|<br />
| 121 || 37 || {{decrease}} 14 || 26.42 || 6,55,099 || 27.23 || {{decrease}} 1.51<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]<br />
|<br />
| 43 || 10 || {{decrease}} 1 || 7.14 || 3,22,305 || 30.43 || {{increase}} 20.03<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| <br />
| 35 || 4 || {{decrease}} 5 || 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 27.32 || {{increase}} 18.92<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}<br />
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Jharkhand Party]]<br />
| <br />
| 9 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 25,602 || 13.57 || "New"<br />
|-<br />
| {{Party name with colour|Independent politician}}<br />
|<br />
| 187 || 7 || {{decrease}} 6 || 5 || 4,26,302 || 20.89 || N/A<br />
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"<br />
! colspan = 3|<br />
! 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%)<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist|2}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]<br />
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{{Indian elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Elections in India by year]]</div>
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