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1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
 
1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Biju Patnaik
Party INC Ganatantra Parishad
Leader's seat Choudwar -
Seats won 82 37
Seat change Increase 26 Decrease 14
Popular vote 12,69,000 6,55,099
Percentage 43.28 28.74
Swing Increase 5.02 Decrease 1.51

Chief Minister before election

Vacant
President's rule

Elected Chief Minister

Biju Patnaik
INC

Elections to the Third Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1961.[1]

Constituencies

The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 25 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 29 for Scheduled Tribes and 86 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There are three national parties (the Communist Party of India, Congress and the Praja Socialist Party), one state party (Ganatantra Parishad), one registered unrecognised party (Jharkhand Party) and some Independent Politicians. All took part in this assembly election. The Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 58% of the seats with a vote share of 43.28%.[2] The post of Chief Minister saw successive replacements during this period.Biju Patnaik became the Chief Minister of Odisha and remained in power till 1963, before being replaced by Biren Mitra, and finally by Sadashiva Tripathy.

Results

Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election[3]
Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won Net Change
in seats
% of
Seats
Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 140 82 Increase 26 58.57 12,69,000 40.58 Increase 5.02
Ganatantra Parishad 121 37 Decrease 14 26.42 6,55,099 20.95 Decrease 1.51
Praja Socialist Party 43 10 Decrease 1 7.14 3,22,305 10.30 Increase 20.03
Communist Party of India 35 4 Decrease 5 3.57 2,33,971 7.48 Increase 18.92
Jharkhand Party 9 0 "New" 0 25,602 0.81 "New"
Independent 187 7 Decrease 6 5 4,26,302 13.63 N/A
Total Seats 140 (Steady 0) Voters 85,51,743 Turnout 31,27,245 (36.57%)

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
Omerkote None Tripathy Sadasiva Indian National Congress
Dabugam None Tripathy Jagannath Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur SC Harijan Miru Indian National Congress
Jeypore None Patnaik Raghunath Indian National Congress
Kotpad SC Bakria Mahadebo Indian National Congress
Malkangiri ST Nayak Guru Ganatantra Parishad
Padwa None Mahapatra Ganeswar Indian National Congress
Koraput ST Toyaka Sanganna Indian National Congress
Pottangi ST Pangi Musuri Santa Indian National Congress
Rayagada ST Mandangi Kamayya Indian National Congress
Gunupur None Patro Narasingo Indian National Congress
Bissamcuttack ST Chowdhary Biswanath Ganatantra Parishad
Parlakimedi None Nalla Kurmanaikulu Indian National Congress
R. Udaigiri ST Bhoya Ramo Indian National Congress
Digapahandi None Mahapatra Raghunath Indian National Congress
Mohana SC Naik Biswnath Indian National Congress
Berhampur None Narendra Deo Sisirkumar Independent
Patrapur SC Jani Trilochana Indian National Congress
Dura None P. Venkata Jaganatha Rao Indian National Congress
Chatrapur None Mahapatra Lakshman Communist Party of India
Khallikote None Mardaraj Deo Ramchandra Indian National Congress
Hinjili None Nayak Brundaban Indian National Congress
Kodala West None Das Biswanath Indian National Congress
Kodala East None Panigarhi Lingaraj Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar None Pradhan Magunicharan Indian National Congress
Jagannath Prasad SC Naik Udia Indian National Congress
Aska None Mishra Lokanath Indian National Congress
Suruda None Naik Arjuna Indian National Congress
Balliguda ST Podra Dubara Ganatantra Parishad
G Udayagiri ST Padhi Sarangadhar Indian National Congress
Phulbani None Padhi Himanusekhara Indian National Congress
Boudh SC Dipa Anirudha Ganatantra Parishad
Madanpur Rampur None Deo Birakeshari Ganatantra Parishad
Bhawanipatna ST Majhi Anchal Ganatantra Parishad
Kashipur None Debi Nabakumari Ganatantra Parishad
Koksara SC Naik Dayanidhi Ganatantra Parishad
Junagarh None Naik Maheswar Ganatantra Parishad
Dharamgarh ST Naik Mukund Ganatantra Parishad
Khariar None Deo Anupsingh Indian National Congress
Nawapara ST Majhi Gahshiram Independent
Kantabanji None Deo Maharaja Shri Rajendra Narayan Singh Ganatantra Parishad
Titilagarh SC Mahananda Achyutanand Ganatantra Parishad
Saintala None Sahoo Ainthu Ganatantra Parishad
Patnagarh ST Bhoi Ramesh Chandra Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1961_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election
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