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 List of constituencies of Odisha ...

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 were seven national parties:- CPI, CPM,

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the ...

Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1974. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and conteste ...

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 so ...

, Bharatiya Jan Sangh , one regional party Orissa Jana Congress (OJC) and some

Independent Politicians An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or Bureaucracy, bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicia ...

took 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 The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

lost the election in a close fight with

in the state. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo become

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

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.

Results

!colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" !colspan=2, Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 101 , , 49 , , "New" , , 35 , , 9,09,421 , , 34.78 , , "New" , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

, , 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;" ,

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

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

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

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

, , 140 , , 31 , , 51 , , 22 , , 12,35,149 , , 30.66 , , 13 , - , , , 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

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...