1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
State assembly election in India
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Elections to the sixth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1974.[1][2][3]
March 1974
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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress 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 again become the Chief Minister of the state.[4]
Results
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Color | Flag | Name | Symbol | Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− |
| Indian National Congress (R) | 2,152,818 | 37.44% | 135 | 69 | |||||
| Utkal Congress | 1,521,064 | 26.45% | 95 | 35 | |||||
| Swatantra Party | 694,473 | 12.08% | 56 | 21 | |||||
| Communist Party of India | 279,738 | 4.87% | 14 | 7 | |||||
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 101,789 | 1.77% | 17 | 2 | |||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 67,600 | 1.18% | 8 | 3 | |||||
| Orissa Jana Congress | 67,169 | 1.17% | 42 | 1 | |||||
| Jharkhand Party | 34,786 | 0.60% | 12 | 1 | |||||
| - | Independents | - | 750,818 | 13.06% | 299 | 7 | |||
| Total | - | - | - | - | 146 | - | |||
| Valid Votes | 5,749,825 | 48.76 | |||||||
| Invalid Votes | 346,895 | - | |||||||
| Total Votes polled / turnout | 6,096,720 | 51.70 | |||||||
| Abstentation | 5,694,717 | - | |||||||
| Total No. of Electors | 11,791,437 | ||||||||