1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
1971
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
SWA
Leader Nandini Satpathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik
Party INC(R) SWA Utkal Congress
Leader's seat Not contested Bolangir Rajanagar (By-elections)
Seats won 51 36 33
Seat change 20 13 33
Popular vote 12,40,668 7,67,815 12,23,014
Percentage 28.18 17.44 23,99
Chief Minister before election

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Swatantra Party

 Chief Minister


Bishwanath Das
Independent

Elections to the fifth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1971.

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