Indian general election in Odisha, 1971
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20 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party INC SWA Utkal Congress
Last election 6 8 New
Seats won 15 3 1
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 5 Increase 1
  Fourth party
 
Party CPI
Last election 0
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1

The 1971 Indian general election in Odisha were held for 20 seats with the state going to the polls in the first two phases of the general elections.[2]

The major contenders in the state were the Indian National Congress and the Swatantra Party. The third front parties contesting in the state were the Utkal Congress, the Left parties. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.

Biju Patnaik was close to Indira Gandhi. However, they clashed in 1969 over the presidential election. He left the Congress and formed a regional party called Utkal Congress.

Voting and results

Source: Election Commission of India[3]

List of elected MPs

Keys:   INC   Swatantra Party   Communist Party of India   Utkal Congress

S No. Constituency Winning candidate Winning party
1. Angul Pratap Gangadebbad Kumar Indian National Congress
2. Balasore Shyamsundar Mohapatra Indian National Congress
3. Bhadrak Arjun Charan Sethi Indian National Congress
4. Bhanjanagar Dutikrishna Panda Communist Party of India
5. Bhubaneswar Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress
6. Bolangir Raj Raj Singh Deo Swatantra Party
7. Chatrapur Jagannath Rao Indian National Congress
8. Cuttack Janki Ballav Patnaik Indian National Congress
9. Dhenkanal Devendra Satpathy Indian National Congress
10. Jajpur Anandi Charan Das Indian National Congress
11. Kalahandi Pratap Keshari Deo Swatantra Party
12. Kendrapara Surendra Mohanty Utkal Congress
13. Keonjhar Kumar Majhi Indian National Congress
14. Koraput Bhagirathi Gomango Indian National Congress
15. Mayurbhanj Manmohan Tudu Indian National Congress
16. Nowrangpur Khagipathi Pradhani Indian National Congress
17. Puri Banamali Patanaik Indian National Congress
18. Phulbani Boksi Nayak Swatantra Party
19. Sambalpur Banamali Babu Indian National Congress
20. Sundargarh Gajadhar Majhi Indian National Congress

Bye Elections

S No. Constituency Winning candidate Winning party Reason
1. Koraput Giridhar Gamang Indian National Congress Resignation of Bhagirathi Gamang
2. Mayurbhanj Chandra Mohan Sinha Utkal Congress Resignation of Manmohan Tudu

References

  1. ^ "India - Date of Elections: March 1-10, 1971" (PDF). IPU. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 April 2021.
  2. ^ "General Election of India 1971, 5th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Orissa 1971". EIC. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019.
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