1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

For Lok Sabha election, see 1971 Indian general election in Orissa.
1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
1971
All 140 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
SWA
Leader Nandini Satpathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik
Party INC(R) SWA Utkal Congress
Leader's seat Not contested Bolangir Rajanagar (By-elections)
Seats won 51 36 33
Seat change 20 13 33
Popular vote 12,40,668 7,67,815 12,23,014
Percentage 28.18 17.44 23,99
Swing New Party
Chief Minister before election

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Swatantra Party

Chief Minister


Bishwanath Das
Independent

Elections to the fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.

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