Odisha assembly election, Feb 1974

146 assembly constituencies in Odisha, 48.76% turnout.

Seats

146

Candidates

722

15 women, 4 elected

Turnout

48.76%

57.5 lakh of 1.18 cr

Leading party

INC

69 of 146 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Odisha

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	69	+18	135	21,52,818	37.44%	+9.26
UTC UTC	35	+2	95	15,21,064	26.45%	+2.47
SWA Swatantra Party	21	-15	56	6,94,473	12.08%	-5.36
IND Independent	7	+3	299	7,50,818	13.06%	+5.51
CPI Communist Party of India	7	+3	14	2,79,738	4.87%	+0.08
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3	+1	8	67,600	1.18%	-0.02
SOP SOP	2	+2	17	1,01,789	1.77%	+0.56
JAC JAC	1	0	42	67,169	1.17%	-3.99
JKD JKD	1	+1	12	34,786	0.60%	—
NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)	0	-1	17	29,103	0.51%	-1.30
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	12	23,335	0.41%	-0.29
JKP JKP	0	-4	8	15,360	0.27%	-1.38
SUC SUC	0	0	4	10,214	0.18%	+0.13
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	2	1,080	0.02%	-0.17
RCI RCI	0	0	1	478	0.01%	—

INC69 (47%)
UTC35 (24%)
SWA21 (14%)
IND7 (5%)
CPI7 (5%)
CPM3 (2%)
Others4 (3%)

INC69
UTC35
SWA21
IND7
CPI7
CPM3
Others4

INC69
UTC35
SWA21
IND7
CPI7
CPM3
SOP2
JAC1
Others1

Constituency performance

From the 146 results in Odisha

Closest contest

NILGIRI

won by 49 (0.09%)

Biggest victory

KAMAKHYANAGAR

won by 23,137 (59.83%)

Highest turnout

RAJNAGAR

75.02%

Lowest turnout

POTTANGI

16.37%

Seat change

Against Odisha's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1971), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained0 (0%)
Changed hands0 (0%)
New seat146 (100%)

0 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 0 changed hands. 146 did not exist at the previous election.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Odisha, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 146 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 146

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ANANDAPUR	INCBHUBANANDA JENA	INDSIBA CHARAN SETHI	4,23012.19%	45.8%
ANGUL	UTCADWAIT PRASAD SINGH	CPIHRUSHI KESH PRADHAN	3,0997.63%	48.0%
ASKA	CPIHARIHAR DAS	UTCHARIHAR SWAIN	4,4798.70%	65.1%
ATHGARH	INDRADHANATH RATH	SWARASAMANJARI DEVI	10,50219.20%	62.5%
ATHMALLIK	INCBHAJAMAN BEHERA	INDBALAKRISHNA PATNAYAK	4,24710.18%	55.5%
AUL	SWASARAT KUMAR DEB	INCDIBAKAR SHARMA	3,2396.08%	61.9%
BAHALDA	INDSASHI BHUSAN MARNDI	INCRAM CHANDRA HANSDAH	1840.74%	33.0%
BAISINGA	INCKUANRIA MAJHI	UTCCHANDRA MOHAN SINHA	14,83341.04%	47.9%
BALASORE	CPIARUN DEY	INCRABINDRAMOHAN DAS	6921.36%	59.7%
BALIGUDA	INCSAHURA MALLIK	INDSADANANDA KONHAR	3271.43%	28.5%
BALIKUDA	INCBASUDEB MOHAPATRA	UTCRAGHUNATH MOHAPATRA	5,70110.86%	62.6%
BALIPATNA	UTCGOPINATH BHOI	INCBASANTA BEHERA	2270.66%	44.7%
BANGI	INDJOGESH CHANDA ROUT	INCGOKULANANDA PRAHARAJ	9,53118.28%	60.5%
BANGRIOOSI	CPIRUDRA MOHAN DAS	SWABAIDHAR SOREN	2,57211.82%	27.6%
BARAMBA	SWARAJA SAHEB TRILOCHAN SINGH DEO	INCBIDYADHAR NAYAK	3480.76%	53.5%
BARCHANA	CPIDUSASAN JENA	UTCMANAGOBINDA SAMAL	4,5558.67%	61.7%
BARGARH	UTCNABIN KUMAR PRADHAN	INCCHITTARANJAN KAR	1,7105.07%	37.3%
BARI-DERABISI	UTCPRAHLAD MALIK	INCSURENDRANATH DWIVEDY	1,7853.52%	61.9%
BARIPADA	INDPROMOD CHANDRA BHANJDEO	INCPRASANA KUMAR DASH	1,2442.95%	52.6%
BASTA	INCCHINTAMANI JENA	UTCMAHESWAR BAUG	22,06338.76%	74.5%
BASUDEVPUR	INCJAGABANDHU DAS	UTCBHAGABAN CHARAN NAYAK	2,6585.21%	62.8%
BEGUNIA	UTCSATYANAND CHAMPATIRAY	CPIGANGADHAR PAIKARAY	9,77215.93%	63.0%
BERHAMPUR	INCBINAYAK ACHARYA	UTCSISH KUMAR NARENDRA DEB	8,51818.86%	55.2%
BHADRAK	INCJUGAL KISHORE PATTANAIK	UTCBALARAM SAHOO	6,79914.69%	59.2%
BHANDARIPOKHARI	UTCBAIRAGI JENA	CPICHINTAMANI JENA	2,9916.67%	60.2%
BHANJANAGAR	INCSOMNATH RATH	UTCJAMI SUBARAO PRUSTY	1,2092.42%	59.4%
BHATLI	INCMOHAN NAG	UTCTRIBIKRAM MALLICK	3,05612.12%	27.8%
BHAWANIPATNA	SWAJAGAMOHAN NAYAK	INCGAJANAN NAYAK	11,26037.17%	38.8%
BHOGRAI	INCKARTIKESHWA PATRA	UTCGANESH KINKAR MAHANTY	4,3257.74%	67.3%
BHUBANESHWAR	UTCHAREKRUSHNA MAHATAB	CPIRAMAKRUSHNA PATI	3,2508.72%	55.1%
BIJEPUR	UTCGANANATH PRADHAN	INCMARKANDA PADHAN	7,37919.34%	41.4%
BINJHARPUR	INCBAISHMAB CHARAN MALIK	UTCBIRAJA PRASAD MALIK	6191.49%	49.9%
BINKA	SWARADHA MOHAN MISHRA	INCSHARAT CHANDRA PANIGRAHI	2,3685.58%	48.9%
BIRAMITRAPUR	JKDCHRISTODAS LUHGUN	INCRANGABALABH AMAT	8613.04%	39.2%
BIRMAHARAJPUR	INCHRUSHIKESH HOTA	SWAKSHETRA MOHAN PANIGRAHI	5,47514.69%	44.4%
BISSAM-CUTTACK	INCULAKA DAMBARUDHAR	SWAPRASKA SRIPATHI	4821.80%	34.1%
BOLANGIR	SWARAJENDRA NARAYNA SINGH DEO	INCBIKRAMANAND BOHIDAR	16,51237.63%	50.3%
BONAI	INCBENUDHAR NAIK	SWAHEMANTA KUMAR SINGH DANPAT	4562.05%	32.9%
BOUDH	SWANALABAR PRADHAN	INDHIMANSHU SEKHAR PADHI	4,6839.72%	54.5%
BRAHMAGIRI	CPMSIDDHESWAR PANIGRAHI	UTCGOPABANDHU PATRA	1,3022.77%	56.0%
BRAJARAJNAGAR	CPIPRASANNA KUMAR PANDA	UTCUPENDRA DIKSHIT	18,31849.15%	49.7%
CHAMPUA	INCGURU CHARAN NAIK	UTCSAHAREI ORAM	4,51314.33%	45.4%
CHANDBALI	INCMANA MOHAN DAS	UTCGANGADHAR DAS	7,87415.57%	55.1%
CHATRAPUR	UTCDAITARI BEHERA	CPILAKSHMANA MAHAPATRO	4,7899.22%	59.4%
CHIKATI	INCSATCHIDA NANDU DEO	SWAJAGANNATH PATI	8,68719.33%	49.6%
CHITRAKONDA	INCGANGADHAR MADI	SWACHANDRA NAYAK	6595.06%	19.1%
CHOUDWAR	INCKANHU CHARAN LENKA	UTCRAJIKISHORE RAM	6,77612.96%	67.3%
CONDIA	INCSRIBATSA NAYAK	SWAHALADHAR MISHRA	8,84421.95%	54.1%
CUTTACK CITY	UTCSRIKANTA PANDA	INCBICHITRANANDA KAR	3,6119.34%	48.8%
CUTTACK SADAR	INCTRILOCHAN KANUNGO	UTCASHOKA MOHANTY	17,69838.22%	57.5%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Odisha alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Odisha assembly election, Feb 1974?

Indian National Congress won 69 of 146 seats in Odisha, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Odisha assembly election, Feb 1974?

Turnout was 48.76% — 57.5 lakh of 1.18 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Odisha have?

Odisha has 146 assembly seats.