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 +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 69 | +18 | 135 | 21,52,818 | 37.44% | +9.26 |
| UTCUTC | 35 | +2 | 95 | 15,21,064 | 26.45% | +2.47 |
| SWASwatantra Party | 21 | -15 | 56 | 6,94,473 | 12.08% | -5.36 |
| INDIndependent | 7 | +3 | 299 | 7,50,818 | 13.06% | +5.51 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 7 | +3 | 14 | 2,79,738 | 4.87% | +0.08 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 3 | +1 | 8 | 67,600 | 1.18% | -0.02 |
| SOPSOP | 2 | +2 | 17 | 1,01,789 | 1.77% | +0.56 |
| JACJAC | 1 | 0 | 42 | 67,169 | 1.17% | -3.99 |
| JKDJKD | 1 | +1 | 12 | 34,786 | 0.60% | — |
| NCOIndian National Congress (Organisation) | 0 | -1 | 17 | 29,103 | 0.51% | -1.30 |
| BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23,335 | 0.41% | -0.29 |
| JKPJKP | 0 | -4 | 8 | 15,360 | 0.27% | -1.38 |
| SUCSUC | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10,214 | 0.18% | +0.13 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,080 | 0.02% | -0.17 |
| RCIRCI | 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
- INC
- UTC
- SWA
- IND
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 146 seats, alphabetical · showing 51–100 of 146
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DABUGAM | SWASYAMOGHOMO MAJHI | INCDOMBURU MAJHI | 5952.37% | 33.2% |
| DASPALLA | INDHARIHAR KARANA | SWAPADMA CHARAN MISHRA | 750.22% | 45.2% |
| DEOGARH | SWATRIBHUBAN DEB | INCHARIPRASAD DEB | 6,68218.47% | 43.1% |
| DHAMNAGAR | UTCHRUDANANDA MALLICK | INCJAGANANTH ROUT | 7131.40% | 58.7% |
| DHARAMGARH | SWADAYANIDHI NAIK | INCRANSAI NAIK | 10,45534.55% | 40.1% |
| DHARAMSALA | INCBANKA BEHARI DAS | UTCRABINDRA NATH DAS | 6,70714.23% | 58.3% |
| DHENKANAL | INCNANDINI SATPATHY | SWAKAMAKHYA PRASAD SINGHDEO MAHINDRA BAHADUR | 2,6176.12% | 56.8% |
| ERSAMA | CPILOKANATH CHOWDHURY | UTCDAMODAR ROUT | 14,85322.51% | 73.9% |
| GOBINDPUR | INCSUDHANSU MALINI RAY | UTCMURALIDHAR KANUNGO | 1,5623.19% | 56.9% |
| GOPALPU | INCMOHAN NAYAK | UTCRAMA CHANDRA SETHY | 5,84614.91% | 47.0% |
| GUNUPUR | INCBHAGIRATHI GAMANG | UTCNARAYAN GANANG | 9,63530.60% | 36.3% |
| HINDOL | INCBHAGIRATHI NAIK | UTCHARIHAR SETHI | 5,89922.92% | 32.5% |
| HINJILI | UTCBRUNDABAN NAYAK | INCUMA SANKAR SABAT | 3,2996.78% | 53.9% |
| JAGANATHPRASAD | INCBATSA NAIK | UTCUDAYANATH NAIK | 2,8918.52% | 37.5% |
| JAGATSINGHPUR | INCLAKSHMAN MALLICK | UTCKANDURI CHARAN MALLICK | 2,1583.85% | 61.5% |
| JAIPUR | UTCJAGANNATH MALIK | INCSANTANU KUMAR DAS | 7,03315.25% | 52.3% |
| JALESWAR | SOPGADADHAR GIRI | INCPRASANNA KUMAR PAL | 4,2476.58% | 71.0% |
| JASHIPUR | INDGHANSHYAM HEMRAM | UTCKANHURAM HEMBRAM | 1,0613.73% | 38.0% |
| JATNI | UTCSATYAPRIYA MOHANTY | INCBANKIM CHANDRA MISHRA | 8972.17% | 55.1% |
| JEYPORE | INCRAGHUNATH PATNAIK | SWAS. HANUMANTHA RAO | 1,9286.83% | 39.1% |
| JHARSUGUDA | INCSAIRENDHRI NAYAK | SWAMURARI PRASAD MISHRA | 1,8114.60% | 44.9% |
| JUNAGARH | SWAUDIT PRATAP DEO | INCMAHESWAR BARAD | 7,35822.89% | 42.9% |
| KAKATPUR | INCBRUDABAN PATRA | UTCSURENDRA NATH NAIK | 8,50813.93% | 69.9% |
| KAMAKHYANAGAR | INCBRAHAMANANDA BISWAL | UTCBRUNDABAN TRIPATHY | 23,13759.83% | 46.0% |
| KANTABANJI | SWARAMPRASAD MISRA | INCACHYUTANAND MAHANAND | 7,99828.57% | 40.9% |
| KARANJIA | INCKARUNAKAR NAIK | INDRAGHUNATH HEMRAM | 2220.70% | 45.4% |
| KAVISURYANAGAR | CPISADANANDA MOHANTY | UTCMADHU SUDAN PATRO | 13,13424.20% | 57.3% |
| KENDRAPARA | UTCBEDPRAKASH AGARWALLA | INCBHAGABAT PRASAD MOHANTY | 2,2563.98% | 71.8% |
| KEONJHAR | SWAGOVINDA MUNDA | INCCHHOTRAY MAJHI | 4,31619.07% | 29.1% |
| KESINGA | SWASARAT CHANDRA SINGH DEO | INCNAGENDRA NATH CHOUDHURY | 6,16318.67% | 43.3% |
| KHALLIKOTE | UTCV. SUGNANA KUMARI DEO | INCTRINATH SAMANTRA | 10,77321.31% | 56.1% |
| KHANDAPARA | INDSATYASUNDAR MISRA | INCHARIHAR SINGH MARDARAJ BHRAMARHAN | 3,8738.53% | 58.7% |
| KHARIAR | UTCANUPA SING DEO | INCPRABHASH PATNAIK | 11,46536.42% | 43.3% |
| KHUNTA | INCRAMESH SAREN | UTCBIRABHADRA SINGH | 7,85520.97% | 45.9% |
| KHURDA | INCBENUDHAR BALIARSINGH | CPMSIVAJI PATTANAIK | 7901.62% | 52.9% |
| KISSANNAGAR | UTCBATAKRUSHNA JENA | INCSURENDRA NATH PATTANAIK | 5,70111.28% | 60.2% |
| KODALA | INCKANHU CHARAN NAYAK | UTCRAM KRUSHNA PATNAIK | 16,56430.63% | 58.2% |
| KOKSARA | SWACHANDRABHANU SINGH DEO | INCRASABEHARI BEHERA | 6,06720.02% | 40.2% |
| KONDINGA | UTCSOMBARU MAJHI | INCSURJYA NARAYAN MAJHI | 2,83013.13% | 29.4% |
| KORAI | UTCASHOK KUMAR DAS | INCPRAFULLA CHANDRA GHADAI | 11,37621.13% | 63.0% |
| KORAPUT | UTCHARISH CHANDRA BAXIPATRA | INCRAMANATH PANDA | 4,36418.62% | 30.6% |
| KOTPAD | INCBASUDEB MAJHI | SWADHONO NAIK | 6,05233.50% | 23.2% |
| KUCHINDA | INCJAGATESWAR MIRDHA | SWASWAPNESWAR KISAN | 2,74013.68% | 26.9% |
| KULIANA | INCSARAT CHANDRA SINGH | SWAPARSURAM SINGH | 4,84121.23% | 30.8% |
| LAIKERA | INCHEMANAND BISWAL | SWARAMESWAR SINGH NAIK | 3,47412.71% | 34.6% |
| LAKSMIPUR | INCANANTA RAM MAJHI | UTCAKHILA SAUNTA | 880.49% | 23.2% |
| LOISINGHA | SWAANANGA UDAYA SINGH DEO | INCBALGOPAL MISHRA | 8,30220.63% | 47.7% |
| MAHANGA | INCSHAIK MATLUB ALI | UTCSARAT KUMAR KAR | 3,1016.04% | 67.0% |
| MALKANGIRI | UTCNAKA KANNAYA | INCNADIYABASI BISWAS | 7,35234.99% | 38.6% |
| MELCHHAMUNDA | INCPRAKASH CHANDRA DEBTA | SWABIRENDRA KUMAR SAHU | 5,69818.32% | 36.0% |
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.
