1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 84 unreserved.

There were seven national parties:-

CPI, CPM, Congress, Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Swatantra Party, Bharatiya Jan Sangh ,

one regional party Orissa Jana Congress (OJC) and some Independent Politicians took part in this assembly election. Swatantra Party emerged as the winner by winning 49 seats{{Cite web|title=Orissa 1967|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3620-orissa-1967/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN}} It is first time in India that Indian National Congress lost the election in a close fight with Swatantra Party in the state. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo{{Cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1967|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.elections.in}} become Chief Minister by forming a coalition government with OJC. He was the first non-Congress C.M. of Orissa. Rajendra Narayana Singh Deo was the Chief Minister of Orissa till 1971.

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"

!colspan=2| Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats

! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %

|- style="background: #90EE90;"

| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Swatantra Party

|

| 101 || 49 || "New" || 35 || 9,09,421 || 34.78 || "New"

|-

|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh }}

| style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh

|

| 19 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 21,788 || 4.07 || "New"

|-

| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party

|

| 33 || 21 || {{increase}} 11 || 7.85 || 4,93,750 || 41.16 || {{increase}} 10.73

|-

| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India

|

| 31 || 7 || {{increase}} 3 || 5 || 2,11,999 || 20.71 || {{decrease}} 6.61

|-

| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist)

|

| 10 || 1 || "New" || 0.71 || 46,597 || 18.16 || "New"

|-

| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}

| style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress

|

| 140 || 31 || {{decrease}} 51 || 22 || 12,35,149 || 30.66 || {{decrease}} 13

|-

| {{Full party name with colour|Orissa Jana Congress}}

|

| 47 || 26 || "New" || 18.57 || 5,42,734 || 37.17 || "New"

|-

| {{Party name with colour|Sanghata Socialist Party}}

|

| 9 || 2 || N/A || 1.52 || 61,426 || 25.75 || N/A

|-

| {{Party name with colour|Independent (politician)}}

|

| 140 || 3 || N/A || 1.42 || 5,05,394 || 17.72 || N/A

|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

! colspan = 3|

! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 98,73,057 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|43,48,838 (44.05%)

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