Elections to the Fourth

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Ass ...

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

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Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...

Bharatiya Jan Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...

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Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly soci ...

and

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one registered unrecognised party JAC and some

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took part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats It is first time in India that

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lost the election in a close fight with

in the state. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo become

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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

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Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
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, , 140 , , 31 , , 51 , , 22.14 , , 12,35,149 , , 30.66 , , 12.62 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

, , 19 , , 0 , , "New" , , 0 , , 21,788 , , 4.07 , , "New" , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 33 , , 21 , , 11 , , 7.85 , , 4,93,750 , , 41.16 , , 10.73 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 31 , , 7 , , 3 , , 5 , , 2,11,999 , , 20.71 , , 6.61 , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 10 , , 1 , , "New" , , 0.71 , , 46,597 , , 18.16 , , "New" , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 101 , , 49 , , "New" , , 35 , , 9,09,421 , , 34.78 , , "New" , - , , , 47 , , 26 , , "New" , , 18.57 , , 5,42,734 , , 37.17 , , "New" , - , , , 9 , , 2 , , N/A , , 1.52 , , 61,426 , , 25.75 , , N/A , - , , , 140 , , 3 , , N/A , , 1.42 , , 5,05,394 , , 17.72 , , N/A , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, ! style="text-align:center;" , Total Seats !! 140 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 98,73,057 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 43,48,838 (44.05%)

Elected members

References

{{Odisha elections Odisha Legislative Assembly State Assembly elections in Odisha

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