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Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in Odisha. The head office of the organization is the ''Congress Bhawan'', situated at Master Canteen circle in Bhubaneswar. Sarat Pattanayak was appointed president of the committee in 2022 and currently serves as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee(OPCC) President. Odisha Legislative Assembly election List of presidents History Pre-Independence 1920-1947 Until 1920, there was no separate provincial committee for Odisha. Congress organisation in Odisha was under Bihar And Orissa Provincial Congress committee . The Nagpur Session of the Indian National Congress, held in December 1920, which finally passed the Non Co-operation resolution was attended by a number of delegates from Orissa su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the second Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1957. Constituencies The elections were held for 140 seats of 101 constituencies. 62 constituencies were single-member while 39 constituencies were two-member constituencies. Out of 101 constituencies, 25 were reserved for Scheduled Caste, while 18 were reserved for Scheduled Tribe. A total of 517 candidates contested for these 140 seats. Political Parties Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress and Praja Socialist Party along with the state party All India Ganatantra Parishad took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 38.26%. Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state. Results , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % , - style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985. Constituencies The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats. Contesting parties There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party JKD, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly. Results !colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999, holding that post for the longest time on record before Naveen Patnaik. After the completion of his early education at Khurda High School, he passed his B.A. degree in Sanskrit from the Utkal University in 1947 and passed his M.A. degree in political science from the Banaras Hindu University in 1949. In 1950, he became the President of the Odisha state unit of the youth wing of the Congress. In 1980, he became the Union Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Labour. The construction of New Jagannath Sadak (Chandanpur of Puri district to Sarankul of Nayagarh district) is one of his major contributions to the transportation and tourism of Odisha. Controversy He was involved in the Anjana Mishra rape case. Death He died on T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved. Contesting parties There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, JNP(SC) and JNP(JP), Two stateparties FBL and RSP two registered unrecognised party JKD and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I) emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly. Results !colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Indian Nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binayak Acharya
Binayak Acharya (30 August 1918 – 11 December 1983) was an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 29 December 1976 to 30 April 1977. See also * Binayak Acharya College Binayak Acharya College is a college near Haradakhandi, in Berhampur, Odisha, India, affiliated to Berhampur University. It was founded in 1978 as an extension wing for Khallikote College, Brahmapur. It became an independent wing during the 198 ... References External linksOrissa Chief Ministers List 1918 births 1983 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the seventh Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1977. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats. Political parties In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Odisha Janata Party. Odisha Janata Party includes Indian National Congress (O) – where "O" stood for "Organisation" or "Old", Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the "Grand Alliance" to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R) and the alliance was named as Janata Party. Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, and Janata Party took part in the assembly election. Government The Janata Party emerged again as the winner by winning 78% of the seats with a vote share of 49%. Nilamani Routray become the Chief Minister of the state. Results Winning candidates See also * 1977 elections in India * 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 seats. Political parties Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state. Results List of winning candidate See also * 1974 elections in India * 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election * 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election References {{Odisha elections State Assembly elections in Odisha Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nandini Satpathy
Nandini Satpathy (9 June 1931 – 4 August 2006) was an Indian politician and author. She was the List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976. Early life Nandini Satpathy nee Panigrahi was born on 9 June 1931 to Kalindi Charan Panigrahi and Ratnamani Panigrahi in a Brahmin Family of Coastal Puri but grew up in Pithapur, Cuttack, India. Satpathy's uncle Bhagavati Charan Panigrahi founded the Odisha branch of the Communist Party of India. He was a close associate of Netaji SC Bose. Political career At the age of eight (8) in year 1939 she was mercilessly beaten up by British Police for pulling down the Union Jack and for pasting hand written anti British Raj posters on the walls of Cuttack. The same was widely discussed at that time and it had worked as pouring fuel on fire for the struggle of Freedom of India from British Raj. While at Ravenshaw College pursuing her Master of Arts in Odia language, Odia, she got involved with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the fifith Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971. Constituencies The elections were held for 140 seats. A total of 835 candidates contested for these 140 seats. Political parties Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 28.74%. Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state. Government The United Front a coalition of Swatantra Party who won 36 Assembly seats and the new regional party Utkal Congress who won 33 Assembly seats formed the government under the leadership of Independent candidate Bishwanath Das. Das resigned on June 14, 1972, due to defection of a large number of members from the ruling coalition and on same day Nandini Satpathy of the Indian National Congress formed the government and continued till Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadashiva Tripathy
Sadashiva Tripathy (21 April 1910 – 9 September 1980) was an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress political party and the Chief Minister of Odisha The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive authority rests with the chief minister. Followin ... from 21 February 1965 to 8 March 1967. Early life Sadashiva was born in Nabrangpur city of Odisha on 21 April 1910 into an aristocratic family which owned large tracts of land. He participated in the Indian Independence Movement and went to jail. Political career He was the member of Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms first in 1951 then in 1957, 1961, and 1967. He served as the revenue minister of Odisha for a long time. He served as the Chief Minister of Odisha between 1965 February 21 to 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the Fourth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 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 are seven national parties Communist Party of India, Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Bharatiya Jan Sangh, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Swatantra Party and Sanghata Socialist Party one registered unrecognised party JAC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats 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 become Chief Minister by forming a coalition government with JAC. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo is the Chief Minister of Odisha until President's Rule was imposed in the state for the last few months of the fourth Assembly term. Results !c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
