1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Appearance
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Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974.[1][2][3]
Constituencies
The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 seats.
Political parties
Three national parties,
Chief Minister of the state.[4]
Results
Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | No. of votes | % | |||||
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Indian National Congress (Indira)
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135 | 69 | 2152818 | 37.44% | |||||
Utkal Congress | 95 | 35 | 1521064 | 26.45% | |||||
Swatantra Party | 56 | 21 | 694473 | 12.08% | |||||
Communist Party of India | 14 | 7 | 279738 | 4.87% | |||||
Socialist Party | 17 | 2 | 101789 | 1.77% | |||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 8 | 3 | 67600 | 1.18% | |||||
Orissa Jana Congress | 42 | 1 | 67169 | 1.17% | |||||
Jharkhand Party | 12 | 1 | 34786 | 0.60% | |||||
Indian National Congress (Organization)
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17 | 0 | 29103 | 0.51% | |||||
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 12 | 0 | 23335 | 0.41% | |||||
All India Jharkhand Party | 8 | 0 | 15360 | 0.27% | |||||
Socialist Unity Centre of India
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4 | 0 | 10214 | 0,18% | |||||
All India Forward Bloc | 2 | 0 | 1080 | 0.02% | |||||
Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | 478 | 0.01% | |||||
Independents | 299 | 7 | 750818 | 13.06% | |||||
Total: | 722 | 146 | 5749825 |
List of winning candidate
See also
- 1974 elections in India
- 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
- 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
- ^ "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937". Archived from the original on 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- ^ Story of Orissa CM Binayak Acharya: A political rags-to-riches tale
- ^ "The 'Iron lady' of Odisha politics". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2019-06-28.