1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly held in 1967
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Elections to the Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held on 21 February 1967.
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February 1967
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All 140 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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, Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Jan Sangh,
One regional party Orissa Jana Congress (OJC) and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election.
Results
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
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Indian National Congress |  |
1,235,149 | 30.66% |  12.62 |
141 | 31 | 51 | |
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Swatantra Party[a] |  |
909,421 | 22.58% |  0.24[b] |
101 | 49 | 12[c] | |
| Orissa Jana Congress | 542,734 | 13.47% | (new) | 47 | 26 | (new) | |||
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Praja Socialist Party |  |
493,750 | 12.26% | 1.27 |
33 | 21 | 11 | |
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Communist Party of India |  |
211,999 | 5.26% | 2.72 |
31 | 7 | 3 | |
| Samyukta Socialist Party |  |
61,426 | 1.52% | (new) | 9 | 2 | (new) | ||
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |
46,597 | 1.16% | (new) | 10 | 1 | (new) | |
| - | Independents | - | 505,394 | 12.55% | 1.99 |
212 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | 140 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 4,028,258 | 40.80 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 320,580 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 4,348,838 | 44.05 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 5,524,219 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 9,873,057 | ||||||||
- Prior to election, Ganatantra Parishad merged with Swatantra Party
- As compared to Ganatantra Parishad's voteshare in 1961 election
- As compared to Ganatantra Parishad's seatshare in 1961 election
Elected members
Govt. formation
Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats[3] 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[4] become Chief Minister 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.