1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 5 March 1971.

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

Source: Election Commission of India

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell		Indian National Congress (R)		1,240,668	28.18%	Template:Decrease 2.48	129	51	Template:Increase 20
Template:Party color cell		Utkal Congress		1,055,826	23.99%	(new)	139	33	(new)
Template:Party color cell		Swatantra Party		767,815	17.44%	Template:Decrease 5.14	115	36	Template:Decrease 13
Template:Party color cell		Praja Socialist Party		267,768	6.08%	Template:Decrease 6.18	50	4	Template:Decrease 17
Template:Party color cell		Communist Party of India		210,811	4.79%	Template:Decrease 0.47	29	4	Template:Decrease 3
Template:Party color cell		Orissa Jana Congress		227,056	5.16%	Template:Decrease 8.31	66	1	Template:Decrease 25
Template:Party color cell		Indian National Congress (O)		79,460	1.81%	(new)	50	1	(new)
Template:Party color cell		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		52,785	1.20%	Template:Increase 0.04	11	2	Template:Increase 1
Template:Party color cell	File:Indian Election Symbol Cock.png	Jharkhand Party	File:Indian Election Symbol Cock.png	72,291	1.64%	Template:No change	14	4	Template:No change
Template:Party color cell	-	Independents	-	332,327	7.55%	Template:Decrease 8.00	190	4	Template:Increase 1
Total				-	-	-	-	140	-
Valid Votes				4,401,920	40.56
Invalid Votes				306,454	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				4,708,374	43.39
Abstentation				5,694,717	-
Total No. of Electors				10,851,525

Winning candidates

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

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 candidate Bishwanath Das.

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.

See also

• 6th Orissa Legislative Assembly
• 1971 elections in India
• 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
• 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election