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{{Short description|1971 Assembly election in Orissa}}
{{For|Lok Sabha election|1971 Indian general election in Orissa }}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = '''1967'''
| next_election = 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = '''1974'''
| election_date = 1971
| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]]
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}
| leader1 = [[Nandini Satpathy]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress (R)
| leaders_seat1 = Not contested
| seats1 = 51
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 20
| popular_vote1 = 12,40,668
| percentage1 = 28.18
| swing1 =
| image2 = {{eppt|Swatantra Party|height=100|width=100}}
| leader2 = [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Bolangir (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]]
| party2 = Swatantra Party
| seats2 = 36
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 13
| popular_vote2 = 7,67,815
| percentage2 = 17.44
| swing2 =
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg|bSize=220|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=58|oTop=14}}
| leader3 = [[Biju Patnaik]]
| leaders_seat3 = [[Rajanagar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajanagar]] (By-elections)
| party3 = [[Utkal Congress]]
| seats3 = 33
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 33
| popular_vote3 = 12,23,014
| percentage3 = 23,99
| swing3 = New Party
| title = [[Chief Minister of Orissa|Chief Minister]]
| posttitle = [[Chief Minister of Orissa|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
| before_party = [[Swatantra Party]]
| after_election = [[Bishwanath Das]]
| after_party = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| majority_seats = 71
}}

Elections to the fifth [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]] were held in 5 March 1971.<ref>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3621-orissa-1971/ 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]</ref>

==Constituencies==

The elections were held for 140 seats. A total of 835 candidates contested for these 140 seats.

==Political parties==

Three national parties, [[Communist Party of India]], [[Indian National Congress (R)]] and [[Swatantra Party]] along with the state party [[Utkal Congress]] took part in the assembly election. Congress (R) party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%.

== Results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly Election |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3622-orissa-1974/ |url-status=live |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
! colspan="10" |[[File:India Odisha Legislative Assembly 1971.svg]]
|-
! colspan="4" |Party
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
! colspan="3" |Seats
|-
!Color
!Flag
!Name
!Symbol
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
!Contested
!Won
!+/−
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (R)}}
| [[File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" |1,240,668
| 28.18%
| {{decrease}} 2.48
| 129
| 51
| {{increase}} 20
|-
| {{Party color cell|Utkal Congress}}
|
| [[Utkal Congress]]
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,055,826
| 23.99%
| (new)
| 139
| 33
| (new)
|-
| {{Party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
| [[File:Swatantra-Party-flag.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Swatantra Party]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Star.png|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 767,815
| 17.44%
| {{decrease}} 5.14
| 115
| 36
| {{decrease}} 13
|-
| {{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| [[File:Flag of Praja Socialist Party.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 267,768
| 6.08%
| {{decrease}} 6.18
| 50
| 4
| {{decrease}} 17
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI_symbol.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 210,811
| 4.79%
| {{decrease}} 0.47
| 29
| 4
| {{decrease}} 3
|-
| {{Party color cell|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|
| [[Orissa Jana Congress]]
|
| style="text-align:right;" | 227,056
| 5.16%
| {{decrease}} 8.31
| 66
| 1
| {{decrease}} 25
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress (O)}}
| [[File:Charkha being plied by a woman.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Syndicate Congress|Indian National Congress (O)]]
| [[File:Charkha being plied by a woman.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align: right;" |79,460
| 1.81%
| (new)
| 50
| 1
| (new)
|-
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPIM_election_symbol.png|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 52,785
| 1.20%
| {{increase}} 0.04
| 11
| 2
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{Party color cell|Jharkhand Party}}
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cock.png|50x50px]]
| [[Jharkhand Party]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cock.png|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 72,291
| 1.64%
| {{no change}}
| 14
| 4
| {{no change}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| -
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| -
| style="text-align:right;" | 332,327
| 7.55%
| {{decrease}} 8.00
| 190
| 4
| {{increase}} 1
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="4" |Total
!-
!-
!-
!-
!140
!-
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Valid Votes'''
| style="text-align:right;" | '''4,401,920'''
|40.56
! colspan="4" rowspan="5" |
|-
| colspan="4" |Invalid Votes
| style="text-align:right;" |306,454
| -
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Total Votes polled / turnout'''
| style="text-align:right;" | '''4,708,374'''
|'''43.39'''
|-
| colspan="4" |Abstentation
|style="text-align:right;"| 5,694,717
| -
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Total No. of Electors'''
|style="text-align:right;"| '''10,851,525'''
!
|}

== Winning candidates ==
{| class ="wikitable sortable"
! [[List of districts of Odisha|District]]
! #
! Constituency Name
! Winner
! colspan=2|Party
|-
| rowspan="10" | [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]]
| 1
| [[Karanjia Assembly constituency|Karanjia (ST)]]
| Prafulla Kumar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 2
| [[Jashipur Assembly constituency|Jashipur (ST)]]
| Lal Mohan Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 3
| [[Rairangpur Assembly constituency|Rairangpur (ST)]]
| [[Sidha Lal Murmu|Siddhalal Murmu]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}}
|-
| 4
| [[Bahalda Assembly constituency|Bahalda (ST)]]
| Sashi Bhusan Marandi
| {{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}}
|-
| 5
| [[Bangriposi Assembly constituency|Bangriposi (ST)]]
| Radha Mohan Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 6
| [[Baripada Assembly constituency|Baripada]]
| Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 7
| [[Morada Assembly constituency|Muruda (ST)]]
| Kuanria Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 8
| [[Baisinga Assembly constituency|Baisinga (ST)]]
| Prasanna Kumar Dash
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| 9
| [[Khunta Assembly constituency|Khunta]]
| [[Birabhadra Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 10
| [[Udala Assembly constituency|Udala (ST)]]
| [[Manmohan Tudu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| rowspan="11" | [[Balasore district|Baleshwar]]
| 11
| [[Bhograi Assembly constituency|Bhograi]]
| Kartikeswar Patra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 12
| [[Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency|Jaleswar]]
| Prasanta Kumar Pal
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| 13
| [[Basta Assembly constituency|Basta]]
| [[Chintamani Jena]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 14
| [[Balasore Assembly constituency|Balasore]]
| Priyanath Nandy
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 15
| [[Nilgiri Assembly constituency|Nilgiri]]
| Banamali Das
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 16
| [[Soro Assembly constituency|Sore]]
| Jadunath Das Mahapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 17
| [[Simulia Assembly constituency|Simulia (SC)]]
| [[Chintamani Jena]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| 18
| [[Bhadrak Assembly constituency|Bhadrak]]
| [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 19
| [[Dhamnagar Assembly constituency|Dhamnagar]]
| Hrudananda Mallick
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 20
| [[Chandabali Assembly constituency|Chandabali (SC)]]
| Gangadhar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 21
| [[Basudevpur Assembly constituency|Basudebpur]]
| [[Nilamani Routray]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="24" |[[Cuttack district|Cuttack]]
| 22
| [[Sukinda Assembly constituency|Sukinda]]
| Sanatan Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 23
| [[Dharmasala Assembly constituency|Dharmasala]]
| Banka Bihari Das
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| 24
| [[Barchana Assembly constituency|Barchana]]
| [[Managobinda Samal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 25
| [[Binjharpur Assembly constituency|Binjharpur]]
| Pabitramohan Jena
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 26
| [[Jajpur Assembly constituency|Jajpur (West)]]
| Prafulla Chandra Ghadei
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 27
| [[Jajpur Assembly constituency|Jajpur (East) (SC)]]
| [[Jagannath Mallick|Jaganatha Mallick]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 28
| [[Aul Assembly constituency|Aul]]
| [[Sarat Kumar Deb]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 29
| [[Patamundai Assembly constituency|Patamundai (SC)]]
| Prahlad Mallik
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 30
| [[Rajanagar Assembly constituency|Rajanagar]]
| Prahlad Mallik
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 31
| [[Kendrapara Assembly constituency|Kendrapara]]
| [[Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty]]
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| 32
| [[Patkura Assembly constituency|Patkura]]
| Rajkishore Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 33
| [[Tirtol Assembly constituency|Tirtol]]
| [[Pratap Chandra Mohanty]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 34
| [[Ersama Assembly constituency|Ersama]]
| Narayana Birabar Samanta
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 35
| [[Balikuda-Erasama Assembly constituency|Balikuda]]
| Basudeba Mohapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 36
| [[Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency|Jagatsinghpur (SC)]]
| [[Laxman Mallick]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 37
| [[Gobindpur, Odisha Assembly constituency|Gobindpur]]
| [[Trilochan Kanungo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 38
| [[Salipur Assembly constituency|Salepur]]
| Batakrushna Jena
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 39
| [[Mahanga Assembly constituency|Mahanga]]
| [[Sarat Kumar Kar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 40
| [[Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly constituency|Chowdwar]]
| [[Kanhu Charan Jena]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 41
| [[Cuttack City Assembly constituency|Cuttack City]]
| Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 42
| [[Cuttack Sadar Assembly constituency|Cuttack Sadar (SC)]]
| Sura Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 43
| [[Banki Assembly constituency|Banki]]
| Gokulananda Praharaj
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 44
| [[Athagarh Assembly constituency|Athagarh]]
| [[Radhanath Rath|Radhanatha Rath]]
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 45
| [[Baramba Assembly constituency|Baramba]]
| Trilochan Harichandan
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="15" | [[Puri district|Puri]]
| 46
| [[Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency|Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 47
| [[Balipatna Assembly constituency|Balipatna (SC)]]
| Basanta Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 48
| [[Pipili Assembly constituency|Pipili]]
| Abhimanyu Ran Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 49
| [[Nimapara Assembly constituency|Nimapara (SC)]]
| Govinda Chandra Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 50
| [[Kakatpur Assembly constituency|Kakatapur]]
| [[Surendra Nath Naik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 51
| [[Satyabadi Assembly constituency|Satyabadi]]
| Chandramadhaba Mishra
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 52
| [[Puri Assembly constituency|Puri]]
| [[Brajamohan Mohanty|Braja Mohan Mohanty]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 53
| [[Brahmagiri Assembly constituency|Bramhagiri]]
| Gopabandhu Patra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 54
| [[Banpur Assembly constituency|Banpur]]
| Ramachandra Praharaja
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 55
| [[Khurda Assembly constituency|Khurda]]
| Benudhar Baliarsing
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 56
| [[Begunia Assembly constituency|Begunia]]
| [[Gangadhar Paikaray|Gangadhara Paikaray]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| 57
| [[Khandapada Assembly constituency|Khandapara]]
| Bansidhar Pattnaik
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| 58
| [[Daspalla Assembly constituency|Daspalla (SC)]]
| Saheb Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 59
| [[Nayagarh Assembly constituency|Nayagarh]]
| Achyutananda Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 60
| [[Ranpur Assembly constituency|Ranpur]]
| [[Ramesh Chandra Panda]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
| rowspan="15" | [[Ganjam district|Ganjam]]
| 61
| [[Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency|Jaganathprasad (SC)]]
| Bacha Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 62
| [[Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency|Bhanjanagar]]
| [[Somnath Rath|Somanath Rath]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 63
| [[Surada Assembly constituency|Suruda]]
| [[Ananta Narayan Singh Deo|Ananta Narayana Singh Deo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 64
| [[Aska Assembly constituency|Aska]]
| Krushna Chandra Tripathy
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 65
| [[Kabisuryanagar Assembly constituency|Kabisuryanagar]]
| Sadananda Mahanty
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| 66
| [[Kodala Assembly constituency|Kodala]]
| [[Ram Krushna Patnaik|Ram Krushna Pattanaik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 67
| [[Khalikote Assembly constituency|Khallikote]]
| Trinatha Samantra
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 68
| [[Chhatrapur Assembly constituency|Chatrapur]]
| Lakhmana Mahapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
| 69
| [[Hinjili Assembly constituency|Hinjili]]
| Brundaban Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 70
| [[Dura Assembly constituency|Dura (SC)]]
| [[Mohan Nayak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 71
| [[Berhampur Assembly constituency|Berhampur]]
| [[Binayak Acharya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 72
| [[Chikiti Assembly constituency|Chikati]]
| Satchidananda Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 73
| [[Mohana Assembly constituency|Mohana (ST)]]
| Bhimasena Mandal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 74
| [[Ramagiri Assembly constituency|Ramagiri (ST)]]
| Gorosang Soboro
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 75
| [[Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency|Paralakhemundi]]
| Darapu Latchanna Naidu
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Koraput district|Koraput]]
| 76
| [[Gunupur Assembly constituency|Gunupur (ST)]]
| [[Bhagirathi Gomango]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 77
| [[Bissam Cuttack Assembly constituency|Bissam Cuttack (ST)]]
| Sripathi Praska
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 78
| [[Rayagada Assembly constituency|Rayagada (ST)]]
| Raghunatha Himirika
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 79
| [[Narayanpatna Assembly constituency|Narayanpatna (ST)]]
| Jogi Tadingi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 80
| [[Nandapur Assembly constituency|Nandapur (ST)]]
| Sanu Disari
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 81
| [[Malkangiri Assembly constituency|Malkangiri (ST)]]
| Gangadhar Madhi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 82
| [[Jeypore Assembly constituency|Jeypore]]
| Pratap Narayan Singh Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 83
| [[Kotpad Assembly constituency|Kotpad (ST)]]
| Dhansai Randhari
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 84
| [[Nabarangpur Assembly constituency|Nowrangpur]]
| Habibulla Khan
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 85
| [[Kodinga Assembly constituency|Kodinga (SC)]]
| Purno Chandramirgan
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 86
| [[Dabugam Assembly constituency|Dabugam (ST)]]
| Dombaru Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 87
| [[Umerkote Assembly constituency|Umarkote (ST)]]
| Rabisingh Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi]]
| 88
| [[Nuapada Assembly constituency|Nawapara (ST)]]
| Ghasiram Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 89
| [[Khariar Assembly constituency|Khariar]]
| Anupa Singh Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Organization)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 90
| [[Dharmagarh Assembly constituency|Dharmagarh (SC)]]
| Lochan Dhangada Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 91
| [[Koksara Assembly constituency|Koksara]]
| Birakesari Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 92
| [[Junagarh Assembly constituency|Junagarh]]
| Trinath Sorab
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 93
| [[Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency|Bhawanipatna (SC)]]
| Dayanidhi Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 94
| [[Narla Assembly constituency|Narla (ST)]]
| [[Dhaneswar Majhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 95
| [[Kesinga Assembly constituency|Kesinga]]
| Bhagaban Bhoi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[Kandhamal district|Phulbani]]
| 96
| [[G. Udayagiri Assembly constituency|Udayagiri (ST)]]
| Gopal Pradhan
| rowspan="2"{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 97
| [[Baliguda Assembly constituency|Balliguda (ST)]]
|Naresh Pradhan
|-
| 98
| [[Phulbani Assembly constituency|Phulbani (ST)]]
| [[Jagadish Jani]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 99
| [[Boudh Assembly constituency|Baudh]]
| Natabar Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Balangir district|Balangir]]
| 100
| [[Sonepur Assembly constituency|Sonepur]]
| Nilambar Raiguru
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 101
| [[Binka Assembly constituency|Binka]]
| [[Narasingha Mishra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 102
| [[Tusra Assembly constituency|Tusra]]
| Radhamohan Mishra
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 103
| [[Bolangir Assembly constituency|Bolangir]]
| [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 104
| [[Loisingha Assembly constituency|Loisinga]]
| Nandakishore Misra
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 105
| [[Patnagarh Assembly constituency|Patnagarh]]
| [[Ainthu Sahoo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 106
| [[Saintala Assembly constituency|Saintala]]
| Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 107
| [[Titlagarh Assembly constituency|Titilagarh (SC)]]
| Tapi Jal
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 108
| [[Kantabanji Assembly constituency|Kantabanji (SC)]]
| [[Achyutananda Mahananda]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="12" | [[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]]
| 109
| [[Padampur Assembly constituency|Padampur]]
| [[Krupasindhu Bhoi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 110
| [[Melchhamunda Assembly constituency|Melchhamunda]]
| Birendra kumar Sahu
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 111
| [[Bijepur Assembly constituency|Bijepur (SC)]]
| Tribikram Mallick
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 112
| [[Bhatli Assembly constituency|Bhatli]]
| Kunja Bihari Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 113
| [[Bargarh Assembly constituency|Bargarh]]
| Chittaranjan Kar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 114
| [[Sambalpur Assembly constituency|Sambalpur]]
| [[Sriballav Panigrahi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 115
| [[Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency|Brajarajnagar]]
| Upendra Dikshit
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 116
| [[Jharsuguda Assembly constituency|Jharsuguda]]
| Jhashaketan Sahu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 117
| [[Laikera Assembly constituency|Laikera (ST)]]
| Rameshwar Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 118
| [[Kuchinda Assembly constituency|Kuchinda (ST)]]
| Jagateswar Mirdha
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 119
| [[Rairakhol Assembly constituency|Rairakhol (SC)]]
| Abhimanyu Kumbhar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 120
| [[Deogarh Assembly constituency|Deogarh]]
| Bhanugangaa T. Deb Raja
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Sundergarh district|Sundargarh]]
| 121
| [[Sundargarh Assembly constituency|Sundargarh]]
| Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 122
| [[Talsara Assembly constituency|Talsara (ST)]]
| [[Gangadhar Pradhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| 123
| [[Rajgangpur Assembly constituency|Rajgangpur (ST)]]
| Ignace Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}}
|-
| 124
| [[Bisra Assembly constituency|Bisra (ST)]]
| Kullan Bag
| {{Full party name with color|All India Jharkhand Party}}
|-
| 125
| [[Rourkela Assembly constituency|Rourkela]]
| Shyam Sundar Mohapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 126
| [[Bonai Assembly constituency|Bonai (ST)]]
| Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|-
| rowspan="6" | [[Kendujhar district|Keonjhar]]
| 127
| [[Champua Assembly constituency|Champua (ST)]]
| Saharai Oram
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 128
| [[Patna Assembly constituency|Patna (ST)]]
| Maheswar Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 129
| [[Keonjhar Assembly constituency|Keonjhar (ST)]]
| Chhotaray Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 130
| [[Telkoi Assembly constituency|Telkori (ST)]]
| Niladri Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 131
| [[Ramchandrapur Assembly Constituency|Ramachandrapur]]
| Muralidhar Kuanr
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 132
| [[Anandapur Assembly constituency|Anandpur (SC)]]
| Makar Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| 133
| [[Pallahara Assembly constituency|Pallahara]]
| Narayana Sahu
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 134
| [[Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency|Kamakhyanagar]]
| Bramhananda Biswal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 135
| [[Gondia, Odisha Assembly constituency|Gondia]]
| Brundaban Tripathy
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 136
| [[Dhenkanal Assembly constituency|Dhenkanal]]
| Surendra Mohan Pattanaik
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
|-
| 137
| [[Talcher Assembly constituency|Talcher (SC)]]
| Brundaban Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Orissa Jana Congress}}
|-
| 138
| [[Chhendipada Assembly constituency|Chhendipada (SC)]]
| [[Bhajaman Behara|Bhajaman Behera]]
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 139
| [[Angul Assembly constituency|Angul]]
| Debaraja Sahu
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|-
| 140
| [[Athmallik Assembly constituency|Athamallik]]
| Raja Kishore Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Utkal Congress}}
|}

== Government formation ==
The United Front a coalition of [[Swatantra Party]] who won 36 Assembly seats and the new regional party [[Utkal Congress]] who won 33 Assembly seats formed the government under the leadership of [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate [[Bishwanath Das]].<ref>[http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/jan2006/engpdf/Biswanath_Das.pdf Bishwanath Das, Patriot With A Difference]</ref>

Das resigned on June 14, 1972, due to defection of a large number of members from the ruling coalition and on same day [[Nandini Satpathy]] of the [[Indian National Congress (R)]] formed the government and continued till March 1973. [[Nandini Satpathy]] ousted due in-fighting of the members after which there was imposition of President's rule in the state.<ref>[https://incredibleorissa.com/nandini-satpathy-first-woman-chief-minister-odisha/ Nandini Satpathy: First woman Chief Minister of Orissa]</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1971-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1971]</ref>

== See also ==
* [[6th Orissa Legislative Assembly]]
* [[1971 elections in India]]
* [[1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
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