1971
196719621957Total Constituencies: 20
Odisha Lok Sabha Election 1971 covered all 20 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 38.46% and won 15 seats, while the UTC received 23.60% of the vote and won 1 seats. The SWA won 3 seats with 15.91% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Odisha.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 15 | 38.46% | 40.71% | 17,16,021 | |
| UTC | 20 | 1 | 23.60% | 23.60% | 10,53,176 |
| SWA | 13 | 3 | 15.91% | 26.68% | 7,10,096 |
| PSP | 6 | 0 | 6.91% | 19.93% | 3,08,340 |
| 3 | 1 | 4.31% | 26.25% | 1,92,277 | |
| IND | 9 | 0 | 2.47% | 5.97% | 1,10,242 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Mayurbhanj (St) | Manmohan Tudu | INC | 50,515 | Mahendra Majhi | SWA | 42,868 | 7,647 | 4.36 |
| Balasore | Shyamsundar Mohapatra | INC | 98,926 | Samarendra Kundu | PSP | 75,139 | 23,787 | 9.13 |
| Bhadrak (Sc) | Arjun Sethi | INC | 1,43,450 | Sidheswar Jena | UTC | 97,121 | 46,329 | 14.69 |
| Jajpur (Sc) | Anandi Charan Das | INC | 1,49,208 | Rama Chandra Mallick | UTC | 73,070 | 76,138 | 25.78 |
| Kendrapara | Surendra Mohanty | UTC | 1,23,680 | Surendra Nath Dwivedi | PSP | 1,20,707 | 2,973 | 0.84 |
| Cuttack | Janki Ballav Patnaik | INC | 1,54,707 | Biren Mitra | UTC | 74,615 | 80,092 | 28.21 |
| Puri | Banamali Patanaik | INC | 1,17,354 | Padma Charan Samatasinhar | UTC | 70,577 | 46,777 | 16.13 |
| Bhubaneswar | Chintamani Panigrahi | INC | 1,25,646 | Bibudhendra Misra | UTC | 51,952 | 73,694 | 29.26 |
| Bhanjanagar | Dutikrishna Panda | CPI | 1,02,956 | Bijaya Nanda Pattanayak | UTC | 1,00,098 | 2,858 | 1.16 |
| Chatrapur | Jaganath Rao R. | INC | 1,50,279 | Brundaban Naiyak | UTC | 64,346 | 85,933 | 34.5 |
| Koraput (St) | Bhagirathi Gomango | INC | 70,012 | Babaji Haraka | SWA | 53,338 | 16,674 | 10.2 |
| Nowrangpur (St) | Khagipathi Pradhani | INC | 54,609 | Mudi Nayak | UTC | 44,992 | 9,617 | 7.38 |
| Kalahandi | Pratap Keshari Deo | SWA | 89,098 | Arjun Pattjoshi | INC | 23,224 | 65,874 | 42.05 |
| Phulbani (Sc) | Boksi Nayak | SWA | 68,705 | Trinath Nayak | INC | 48,003 | 20,702 | 13.63 |
| Bolangir | Raj Raj Singh Deo | SWA | 1,24,945 | Sadananda Misra | INC | 53,969 | 70,976 | 35.15 |
| Sambalpur | Banamali Babu | INC | 79,788 | Prasanna Kumar Panda | CPI | 37,081 | 42,707 | 21.8 |
| Sundargarh (St) | Gajadhar Majhi | INC | 68,285 | Devananda Amat | SWA | 50,306 | 17,979 | 9.22 |
| Keonjhar (St) | Kumar Majhi | INC | 63,705 | Bairiganjan Naik | UTC | 44,193 | 19,512 | 13.31 |
| Dhenkanal | Devendra Satpathy | INC | 97,491 | R. K. P. S. Mahindra Bahadur | SWA | 65,832 | 31,659 | 13.71 |
| Angul | Pratap Gangadebbad Kumar | INC | 55,615 | Dhirenranath Deblal | SWA | 40,319 | 15,296 | 9.22 |