1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the sixth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1974.

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 seats.

Political parties

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state.

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)		2,152,818	37.44%	Template:Increase 9.26	135	69	Template:Increase 18
Template:Party color cell		Utkal Congress		1,521,064	26.45%	Template:Increase 2.46	95	35	Template:Increase 2
Template:Party color cell		Swatantra Party		694,473	12.08%	Template:Decrease 5.36	56	21	Template:Decrease 15
Template:Party color cell		Communist Party of India		279,738	4.87%	Template:Increase 0.08	14	7	Template:Increase 3
Template:Party color cell		Samyukta Socialist Party		101,789	1.77%	Template:Increase 0.56	17	2	Template:Increase 2
Template:Party color cell		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		67,600	1.18%	Template:Decrease 0.02	8	3	Template:Increase 1
Template:Party color cell		Orissa Jana Congress		67,169	1.17%	Template:Decrease 3.99	42	1	Template:No change
Template:Party color cell		Jharkhand Party		34,786	0.60%	Template:Decrease 1.04	12	1	Template:Decrease 3
Template:Party color cell	-	Independents	-	750,818	13.06%	Template:Increase 5.51	299	7	Template:Increase 3
Total				-	-	-	-	146	-
Valid Votes				5,749,825	48.76
Invalid Votes				346,895	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				6,096,720	51.70
Abstentation				5,694,717	-
Total No. of Electors				11,791,437

Elected Members

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Winner Candidate	Party
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Karunakar Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Ghanshyam Hemram	Template:Party name with color
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Sashi Bhusan Marndi	Template:Party name with color
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Arjun Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Rudra Mohan Das	Template:Full party name with color
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Sarat Chandra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	7	Baripada	Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo	Template:Party name with color
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Kuanria Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	9	Khunta (ST)	Ramesh Saren	Template:Full party name with color
	10	Udala (ST)	Ravaneswa Madhei	Template:Full party name with color
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra	Template:Full party name with color
	12	Jaleswar	Gadadhar Giri	Template:Full party name with color
	13	Basta	Chintamani Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey	Template:Full party name with color
	15	Soro	Jadunath Das Mahapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	16	Simulia	Sailen Mohapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	17	Nilgiri	Banamali Das	Template:Full party name with color
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Bairagi Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	19	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik	Template:Full party name with color
	20	Dhamnagar	Hrudananda Mullick	Template:Full party name with color
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Manmohan Das	Template:Full party name with color
	22	Basudevpur	Jagabandhu Das	Template:Full party name with color
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Sanatan Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Jagannath Malik	Template:Full party name with color
	26	Dharamsala	Banka Bihari Das	Template:Full party name with color
	27	Barchana	Dusasan Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Prahlad Malik	Template:Full party name with color
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Baishmab Charan Malik	Template:Full party name with color
	30	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb	Template:Full party name with color
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Biswanath Mallik	Template:Full party name with color
	32	Rajnagar	Biju Patnaik	Template:Full party name with color
	33	Kendrapara	Bed Prakash Agarwal	Template:Full party name with color
	34	Patkura	Raj Kishore Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	35	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	36	Ersama	Lokanath Chowdhury	Template:Full party name with color
	37	Balikuda	Basudeb Mohapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Laxman Mallick	Template:Full party name with color
	39	Kissannagar	Batakrushna Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	40	Mahanga	Shaik Matlub Ali	Template:Full party name with color
	41	Salepur (SC)	Baidhar Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	42	Gobindpur	Sudhansu Malini Ray	Template:Full party name with color
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Trilochan Kanungo	Template:Full party name with color
	44	Cuttack City	Srikanta Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	45	Choudwar	Kanhu Charan Lenka	Template:Full party name with color
	46	Banki	Jogesh Chanda Rout	Template:Party name with color
	47	Athgarh	Radhanath Rath	Template:Party name with color
	48	Baramba	Raja Saheb Trilochan Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Gopinath Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	50	Bhubaneswar	Harekrushna Mahtab	Template:Full party name with color
	51	Jatni	Satyapriya Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	52	Pipli	Bipin Bihari Dash	Template:Full party name with color
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Nilamani Sitha	Template:Full party name with color
	54	Kakatpur	Brudaban Patra	Template:Full party name with color
	55	Satyabadi	Gangadhar Mahapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	56	Puri	Brajamohan Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	57	Brahmagiri	Siddheswar Panigrahi	Template:Full party name with color
	58	Chilka	No Nomination filed
	59	Khurda	Benudhar Baliarsingh	Template:Full party name with color
	60	Begunia	Satyanand Champatiray	Template:Full party name with color
	61	Ranpur	Ramesh Chandra Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	62	Nayagarh	Bhagabat Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	63	Khandapara	Satyasundar Misra	Template:Party name with color
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karana	Template:Party name with color
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Batsa Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	66	Bhanjanagar	Somnath Rath	Template:Full party name with color
	67	Suruda	Sarat Chanda Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	68	Aska	Harihar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Sadananda Mahanty	Template:Full party name with color
	70	Kodala	Kanhu Charan Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	72	Chatrapur	Daitari Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	73	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Mohan Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	75	Berhampur	Binayak Acharya	Template:Full party name with color
	76	Chikiti	Satchida Nandu Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	77	Mohana	Udayanarayan Deb	Template:Full party name with color
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Chakradhar Paik	Template:Full party name with color
	79	Parlakhemundi	Nalla Kurmanaikulu	Template:Full party name with color
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gamang	Template:Full party name with color
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Ulaka Dambarudhar	Template:Full party name with color
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulka Rama Chandra	Template:Full party name with color
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Ananta Ram Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Disari Sannu	Template:Full party name with color
	85	Koraput	Harish Chandra Baxipatra	Template:Full party name with color
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Naka Kannaya	Template:Full party name with color
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi	Template:Full party name with color
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudeb Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik	Template:Full party name with color
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan	Template:Full party name with color
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Sombaru Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Syamoghomo Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Jagannath Pattanaik	Template:Full party name with color
	95	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	97	Koksara	Chandrabhanu Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	98	Junagarh	Udit Pratap Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Jagamohan Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	100	Narla (ST)	Dhaneswar Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	101	Kesinga	Sarat Chandra Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallik	Template:Full party name with color
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Gopal Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Chandra Sekhar Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	105	Boudh	Natabar Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Tapi Jal	Template:Full party name with color
	107	Kantabanji	Ramprasad Misra	Template:Full party name with color
	108	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo	Template:Full party name with color
	109	Saintala	Krushna Chandra Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	110	Loisingha	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	111	Bolangir	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Daulat Bagh	Template:Full party name with color
	113	Binka	Radha Mohan Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	114	Birmaharajpur	Hrushikesh Hota	Template:Full party name with color
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Bhajaman Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	116	Angul	Adwait Prasad Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	117	Hindol (SC)	Bhagirathi Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy	Template:Full party name with color
	119	Gondia	Sribatsa Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Brahmananda Biswal	Template:Full party name with color
	121	Pallahara	Narayan Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
	122	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera	Template:Full party name with color
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Krupasindhu Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta	Template:Full party name with color
	125	Bijepur	Gananath Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag	Template:Full party name with color
	127	Bargarh	Nabin Kumar Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	128	Sambalpur	Shri Ballav Panigrahi	Template:Full party name with color
	129	Brajarajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	130	Jharsuguda	Sairendhri Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemanand Biswal	Template:Full party name with color
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha	Template:Full party name with color
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Basanta Kumar Mohananda	Template:Full party name with color
	134	Deogarh	Tribhuban Deb	Template:Full party name with color
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	136	Talsara (ST)	Premananda Kalo	Template:Full party name with color
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Christopher Ekka	Template:Full party name with color
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Christodas Luhgun	Template:Full party name with color
	139	Rourkela	Dhananjaya Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Agapit Lakra	Template:Full party name with color
	141	Bonai (ST)	Benudhar Naik	Template:Full party name with color
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Guru Charan Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	143	Patna	Maheswar Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Govinda Munda	Template:Full party name with color
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Niladri Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	146	Ramchandrapur	Murlidhar Kuanr	Template:Full party name with color
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Bhubananda Jena	Template:Full party name with color

See also

• 1974 elections in India
• 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
• 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election