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1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
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February 1967
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Elections to the Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held on 21 February 1967.
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.
Results
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
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Indian National Congress |  |
1,235,149 | 30.66% |  12.62 |
141 | 31 | 51 | |
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Swatantra Party[a] |  |
909,421 | 22.58% |  0.24[b] |
101 | 49 | 12[c] | |
| Orissa Jana Congress | 542,734 | 13.47% | (new) | 47 | 26 | (new) | |||
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Praja Socialist Party |  |
493,750 | 12.26% | 1.27 |
33 | 21 | 11 | |
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Communist Party of India |  |
211,999 | 5.26% | 2.72 |
31 | 7 | 3 | |
| Samyukta Socialist Party |  |
61,426 | 1.52% | (new) | 9 | 2 | (new) | ||
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
46,597 | 1.16% | (new) | 10 | 1 | (new) | |
| - | Independents | - | 505,394 | 12.55% | 1.99 |
212 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | 140 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 4,028,258 | 40.80 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 320,580 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 4,348,838 | 44.05 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 5,524,219 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 9,873,057 | ||||||||
- ↑ Prior to election, Ganatantra Parishad merged with Swatantra Party
- ↑ As compared to Ganatantra Parishad's voteshare in 1961 election
- ↑ As compared to Ganatantra Parishad's seatshare in 1961 election
Elected members
Govt. formation
Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats[3] 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[4] 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.
References
- ↑ "Former Chief Ministers". cm.odisha.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018.
- ↑ "1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly Election". Election Commission of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Orissa 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1967". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-05-11.