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Odisha Assembly Election, 1971

140 seats · 84 changed party since 1967

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Party standings

Odisha Assembly Election, 1971 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 51 seatsSwatantra Party — 36 seatsUTC — 33 seatsIndependent — 4 seatsPraja Socialist Party — 4 seatsCommunist Party of India — 4 seatsJan Kalyan Party — 4 seats3 other parties — 4 seats71140of 140 seats
  • INC51
  • SWA36
  • UTC33
  • IND4
  • PSP4
  • CPI4
  • JKP4
  • Others4

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress5136%12,40,66828.2%129
SWASwatantra Party3626%7,67,81517.4%115
UTCUTC3324%10,55,82624.0%139
INDIndependent43%3,32,3277.5%190
PSPPraja Socialist Party43%2,67,7686.1%50
CPICommunist Party of India43%2,10,8114.8%29
JKPJan Kalyan Party43%72,2911.6%14
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)21%52,7851.2%11
JACJAC11%2,27,0565.2%66
NCONCO11%79,4601.8%50
SOPSOP00%53,2711.2%15

+ 4 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Odisha Assembly Election, 1971 · winner by seat

146 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1971 · selected
Majority 71
INC51SWA36UTC33IND4PSP4CPI4JKP4CPM2JAC1NCO1
1967 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1971

1967 1971· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
30.7
28.2
22.6
17.4
0.0
24.0
12.5
7.5
12.3
6.1
5.3
4.8
13.5
5.2
INCSWAUTCINDPSPCPIJAC

Seat change

1971 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
31 → 51
+20
SWA
49 → 36
−13
UTC
0 → 33
+33
IND
3 → 4
+1
PSP
21 → 4
−17
CPI
7 → 4
−3
JKP
0 → 4
+4
CPM
1 → 2
+1
JAC
26 → 1
−25
NCO
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1971

share lostshare gained
UTC
0.0% → 24.0%
+24.0%
NCO
0.0% → 1.8%
+1.8%
JKP
0.0% → 1.6%
+1.6%
SOP
0.0% → 1.2%
+1.2%
CPI
5.3% → 4.8%
−0.5%
SSP
1.5% → 0.0%
−1.5%
INC
30.7% → 28.2%
−2.5%
IND
12.5% → 7.5%
−5.0%
SWA
22.6% → 17.4%
−5.1%
PSP
12.3% → 6.1%
−6.2%

Biggest INC–SWA swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SWA vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1971. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − SWA share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward SWA.

toward SWAtoward INC
Kamakhyanagar
+84.1%
Hinjili
−64.0%
Balipatna
+61.4%
Ramchandrapur
+60.3%
Satyabadi
−55.5%
Dhenkanal
+50.9%
Daspalla
+49.6%
Gondia
+49.0%
Aul
−48.2%
Jagatsinghpur
+46.6%
Anandpur
+46.1%
Mohana
+44.0%

Closest races · 1971

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1971

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967