1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Fourth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1967.

1967 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   INC Leader Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Party Swatantra Party INC Leader's seat Balangir - Seats won 49 31 Seat change 33 6 Popular vote 9,09,421 12,35,149 Percentage 34.78 30.66 Swing 8.5 1.92
Chief Minister before election Sadashiva Tripathy Indian National Congress Elected Chief Minister Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo[1] Swatantra Party

Constituencies

The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 84 unreserved.

Contesting parties

There were seven national parties:-

CPI, CPM, Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Jan Sangh ,

one regional party Orissa Jana Congress (OJC) and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats^[2] It is first time in India that Indian National Congress lost the election in a close fight with Swatantra Party in the state. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo^[3] become Chief Minister by forming a coalition government with OJC. He was the first non-Congress C.M. of Orissa. Rajendra Narayana Singh Deo was the Chief Minister of Orissa till 1971.

Results

Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Swatantra Party		101	49	"New"	35	9,09,421	34.78	"New"
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh		19	0	"New"	0	21,788	4.07	"New"
	Praja Socialist Party		33	21	11	7.85	4,93,750	41.16	10.73
	Communist Party of India		31	7	3	5	2,11,999	20.71	6.61
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		10	1	"New"	0.71	46,597	18.16	"New"
	Indian National Congress		140	31	51	22	12,35,149	30.66	13
	Orissa Jana Congress		47	26	"New"	18.57	5,42,734	37.17	"New"
	SSP		9	2	N/A	1.52	61,426	25.75	N/A
	Independent		140	3	N/A	1.42	5,05,394	17.72	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	98,73,057	Turnout	43,48,838 (44.05%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Karanjia	ST	P.k.das		Swatantra Party
Jashipur	ST	D.c.nayak		Swatantra Party
Rairangpur	ST	K.c.majhi		Swatantra Party
Bahalda	ST	S.soren		Orissa Jana Congress
Bangriposi	ST	R.nayak		Swatantra Party
Baripada	None	S.k.sahu		Indian National Congress
Muruda	ST	S.saren		Praja Socialist Party
Baisinga	None	P.k.dash		Praja Socialist Party
Khunta	ST	H.hasda		Praja Socialist Party
Udala	ST	M.tudu		Orissa Jana Congress
Bhograi	None	Pyari Mohan Das		Praja Socialist Party
Jaleswar	None	P.k.paul		Praja Socialist Party
Basta	None	C.jena		Indian National Congress
Balasore	None	R.m.das		Praja Socialist Party
Nilgiri	None	B.das		Communist Party of India
Soro	None	H.mohapatra		Swatantra Party
Simulia	SC	U.c.jena		Praja Socialist Party
Bhadrak	None	N.mohapatra		Orissa Jana Congress
Dhamnagar	None	S.dei		Orissa Jana Congress
Chandbali	SC	M.das		Orissa Jana Congress
Basudebpur	None	H.mahatab		Orissa Jana Congress
Sukinda	None	A.m.debi		Orissa Jana Congress
Dharamsala	None	P.mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
Barchana	None	J.das		Praja Socialist Party
Binijharpur	SC	B.c.mullick		Praja Socialist Party
Jajpur West	None	P.c.ghadei		Orissa Jana Congress
Jajpur East	SC	S.k.das		Orissa Jana Congress
Aul	None	D.n.sarma		Indian National Congress
Patamundai	SC	B.malik		Praja Socialist Party
Rajnagar	None	R.s.n.b.deo		Independent
Kendrapara	None	S.k.kawugo		Praja Socialist Party
Patkura	None	C.satapathi		Praja Socialist Party
Tirtol	None	N.khuntia		Praja Socialist Party
Ersama	None	L.chowdhury		Communist Party of India
Balikuda	None	B.mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
Jagatsinghpur	SC	K.c.malliu		Praja Socialist Party
Gobindpur	None	M.kanungo		Orissa Jana Congress
Salepur	None	S.pattaniak		Orissa Jana Congress
Mahanga	None	B.roy		Praja Socialist Party
Chaudwar	None	A.beheva		Praja Socialist Party
Cuttack City	None	B.mitra		Indian National Congress
Cuttack Sadar	SC	S.gena		Orissa Jana Congress
Banki	None	J.c.raut		Independent
Athgarh	None	P.pradhan		Orissa Jana Congress
Baramba	None	P.pattanaik		Orissa Jana Congress
Bhubaneswar	None	H.mahtab		Orissa Jana Congress
Balipatna	SC	H.bhoi		Orissa Jana Congress
Pipli	None	B.pattaniak		Orissa Jana Congress
Nimapara	SC	N.sitha		Orissa Jana Congress
Kakatpur	None	G.k.swain		Communist Party of India
Satyabadi	None	G.mohaptra		Indian National Congress
Puri	None	H.bahinipati		Praja Socialist Party
Brahmagiri	None	B.mohanty		Indian National Congress
Banpur	None	R.mishra		Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	R.b.deb		Orissa Jana Congress
Begunia	None	G.paikaray		Communist Party of India
Khandpara	None	H.b.m.ray		Indian National Congress
Daspalla	SC	B.nayak		Swatantra Party
Nayagarh	None	A.mohanty		Independent
Ranpur	None	B.c.s.d.b.n.mahapatra		Indian National Congress
Jaganathprasad	SC	U.naik		Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	None	D.behera		Indian National Congress
Suruda	None	A.s.deo		Swatantra Party
Aska	None	H.das		Communist Party of India
Kavisuryanagar	None	D.swain		Communist Party of India
Kodala	None	B.maharana		Praja Socialist Party
Khallikote	None	N.sahu		Samyukta Socialist Party
Chatrapur	None	L.mahaptro		Communist Party of India
Hinjili	None	B.nayak		Indian National Congress
Dura	SC	M.nayak		Indian National Congress
Berhampur	None	B.acharya		Indian National Congress
Chikati	None	D.patanik		Indian National Congress
Mohana	ST	T.sardhara		Indian National Congress
Ramagiri	ST	A.singh		Indian National Congress
Parlakhemundi	None	N.k.kulu		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	B.gomango		Indian National Congress
Bissamcuttack	ST	B.choudhary		Swatantra Party
Rayagada	ST	A.majhi		Indian National Congress
Narayanpatna	ST	B.malanna		Swatantra Party
Nandapur	ST	M.santa		Indian National Congress
Malkan Giri	ST	G.madi		Indian National Congress
Jeypore	None	N.ramaseshaiah		Swatantra Party
Kotpad	ST	S.majhi		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	None	S.tripathy		Indian National Congress
Kodinga	SC	J.naik		Swatantra Party
Dabugam	ST	D.majhi		Swatantra Party
Umerkote	ST	R.majhi		Indian National Congress
Nawapara	ST	O.sing		Indian National Congress
Khariar	None	A.deo		Indian National Congress
Dharamgarh	SC	L.d.majhi		Swatantra Party
Koksara	None	R.praharaj		Swatantra Party
Junagarh	None	M.nayak		Swatantra Party
Bhawanipatna	SC	D.naik		Swatantra Party
Narla	ST	A.majhi		Swatantra Party
Kesinga	None	B.bhoi		Swatantra Party
Udayagiri	ST	G.pradhan		Swatantra Party
Balliguda	ST	N.pradhan		Swatantra Party
Phulbani	ST	B.p.kohor		Swatantra Party
Baudh	None	H.s.padhi		Orissa Jana Congress
Sonepur	None	N.raiguru		Swatantra Party
Binka	None	N.c.misra		Swatantra Party
Tusra	None	R.misra		Swatantra Party
Bolangir	None	M.r.n.s.deo		Swatantra Party
Loisingha	None	N.k.misra		Swatantra Party
Patnagarh	None	A.sahoo		Swatantra Party
Saintala	None	R.c.s.bhoi		Swatantra Party
Titilagarh	SC	A.mahananda		Swatantra Party
Kantabanji	SC	L.rai		Swatantra Party
Padampur	None	B.b.s.bariha		Orissa Jana Congress
Melchhamunda	None	B.k.sahu		Swatantra Party
Bijepur	SC	M.nag		Indian National Congress
Bhatli	None	S.pradhan		Indian National Congress
Bargarh	None	B.c.hota		Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	None	B.babu		Indian National Congress
Brajarajnagar	None	P.k.panda		Communist Party of India
Jharsuguda	None	M.misra		Swatantra Party
Laikera	ST	L.r.singh		Swatantra Party
Kuchinda	ST	K.singha		Swatantra Party
Rairakhol	SC	B.suna		Swatantra Party
Deogarh	None	B.t.d.raja		Swatantra Party
Sundargarh	None	H.patel		Swatantra Party
Talsara	ST	G.pradhan		Swatantra Party
Rajgangpur	ST	P.bhagat		Swatantra Party
Bisra	ST	K.c.nayak		Swatantra Party
Rourkela	None	R.samantrai		Praja Socialist Party
Bonai	ST	H.p.mahapatra		Swatantra Party
Champua	ST	K.naik		Swatantra Party
Patna	ST	R.munda		Swatantra Party
Keonjhar	ST	G.munda		Swatantra Party
Telkoi	ST	B.mohapatra		Swatantra Party
Ramchandrapur	None	R.mishra		Swatantra Party
Anand Pur	SC	B.jena		Orissa Jana Congress
Pal Lahara	None	P.pradhan		Orissa Jana Congress
Kamakhya Nagar	None	B.tripathy		Swatantra Party
Gondia	None	H.misra		Swatantra Party
Dhenkanal	None	R.p.p.dev		Swatantra Party
Talcher	SC	K.c.behera		Orissa Jana Congress
Chhendipada	SC	N.nayak		Orissa Jana Congress
Angul	None	K.c.singh		Orissa Jana Congress
Athmallik	None	S.pradhan		Samyukta Socialist Party