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Odisha Assembly Election, 1974

146 seats · vs 1971 (140-seat house — comparison approximate)

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Party standings

Odisha Assembly Election, 1974 · 9 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 69 seatsUTC — 35 seatsSwatantra Party — 21 seatsIndependent — 7 seatsCommunist Party of India — 7 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 3 seatsSOP — 2 seats2 other parties — 2 seats74146of 146 seats
  • INC69
  • UTC35
  • SWA21
  • IND7
  • CPI7
  • CPM3
  • SOP2
  • Others2

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress6947%21,52,81837.4%135
UTCUTC3524%15,21,06426.5%95
SWASwatantra Party2114%6,94,47312.1%56
INDIndependent75%7,50,81813.1%299
CPICommunist Party of India75%2,79,7384.9%14
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)32%67,6001.2%8
SOPSOP21%1,01,7891.8%17
JACJAC11%67,1691.2%42
JKDJKD11%34,7860.6%12

+ 6 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Odisha Assembly Election, 1974 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 74

1974 · selected
Majority 74
INC69UTC35SWA21IND7CPI7CPM3SOP2JAC1JKD1
1971 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1971 → 1974

1971 1974· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
28.2
37.4
24.0
26.5
17.4
12.1
7.5
13.1
4.8
4.9
5.2
1.2
6.1
0.0
INCUTCSWAINDCPIJACPSP

Seat change

1974 seats minus 1971 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
51 → 69
+18
UTC
33 → 35
+2
SWA
36 → 21
−15
IND
4 → 7
+3
CPI
4 → 7
+3
CPM
2 → 3
+1
SOP
0 → 2
+2
JAC
1 → 1
0
JKD
0 → 1
+1
NCO
1 → 0
−1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1971 → 1974

share lostshare gained
INC
28.2% → 37.4%
+9.3%
IND
7.5% → 13.1%
+5.5%
UTC
24.0% → 26.5%
+2.5%
JKD
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
SOP
1.2% → 1.8%
+0.6%
NCO
1.8% → 0.5%
−1.3%
JKP
1.6% → 0.3%
−1.4%
JAC
5.2% → 1.2%
−4.0%
SWA
17.4% → 12.1%
−5.4%
PSP
6.1% → 0.0%
−6.1%

Biggest INC–UTC swings

Seats where the INC-vs-UTC vote gap moved most, 1971 → 1974. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward UTCtoward INC
Bissam Cuttack
+86.0%
Ramchandrapur
−85.6%
Chatrapur
−71.6%
Satyabadi
+69.1%
Brajarajnagar
−67.1%
Malkangiri
−66.6%
Basta
+66.2%
Kodala
+59.6%
Salepur
+57.9%
Dabugam
+56.2%
Patnagarh
+56.2%
Keonjhar
+55.8%

Closest races · 1974

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

All constituencies · 1974

146 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1971