Elections to the sixth
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 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
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...
and
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 s ...
along with the state party
Utkal Congress
Utkal Congress was a political party in the Indian state of Odisha. It was formed in 1969 when Biju Patnaik left Indian National Congress. After the 1971 Odisha elections UC took part in the Bishwanath Das ministry in the state. In 1974 Utkal Co ...
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
Nandini Satpathy (9 June 1931 – 4 August 2006) was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
Early life
Nandini Satpathy nee Panigrahi was born on 9 June 1931 to Kalindi Chara ...
again become the
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 terri ...
of the state.
Results
List of winning candidate
See also
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1974 elections in India
Legislative Assembly elections Manipur
Nagaland
Odisha
Source:
Pondicherry
Source:
Uttar Pradesh
References
External links
Election Commission of India
{{Legislatures of India
1974 elections in India
India
India, off ...
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1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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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 Bharatiy ...
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 has the third largest population of Sc ...
1970s in Orissa