1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1971 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 Third party
 
Leader Nandini Satpathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik
Party INC SWA Utkal Congress
Leader's seat Not contested Bolangir Rajanagar (By-elections)
Seats won 51 36 33
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 13 Increase 33
Popular vote 12,40,668 7,67,815 12,23,014
Percentage 28.18 17.44 23,99
Chief Minister before election

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Swatantra Party

Chief Minister


Bishwanath Das
Independent

Elections to the fifth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.[1]

  1. ^ 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election