1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| country = India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = No

| previous_election = 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1971

| next_election = 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 1977

| election_date = 1974

| seats_for_election = All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}

| leader1 = Nandini Satpathy

| party1 = Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)

| leaders_seat1 = Not contested

| seats1 = 69

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 18

| popular_vote1 = 21,52,818

| percentage1 = 37.44

| swing1 =

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg|bSize=220|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=58|oTop=14}}

| leader2 = Biju Patnaik

| leaders_seat2 = Rajanagar (By-elections)

| party2 = Utkal Congress

| seats2 = 35

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 2

| popular_vote2 = 15,21,064

| percentage2 = 26.45

| swing2 =

| image3 = {{eppt|Swatantra Party|height=100|width=100}}

| leader3 = Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo

| leaders_seat3 = Bolangir

| party3 = Swatantra Party

| seats3 = 21

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 15

| popular_vote3 = 6,94,473

| percentage3 = 12.08

| swing3 =

| title = Chief Minister

| posttitle = Chief Minister

| before_election = Nandini Satpathy

| before_party = Indian National Congress

| after_election =
Nandini Satpathy

| after_party = Indian National Congress

| majority_seats = 74

}}

Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974.[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3622-orissa-1974/ 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]{{Cite web |url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm |title=Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937 |access-date=2019-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109172223/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm |archive-date=2007-01-09 |url-status=dead }}[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19770131-story-of-orissa-cm-binayak-acharya-a-political-rags-to-riches-tale-823567-2014-07-21 Story of Orissa CM Binayak Acharya: A political rags-to-riches tale]

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 seats.

Political parties

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state.{{Cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=404278 |title=The 'Iron lady' of Odisha politics |access-date=2019-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222220220/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=404278 |archive-date=2014-02-22 |url-status=dead }}

Results

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Party ! No. of candidates ! No. of elected ! No. of votes ! %
Indian National Congress (Indira) \| 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) \| 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 \| 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 !

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Party

! No. of candidates

! No. of elected

! No. of votes

! %

Indian National Congress (Indira)

| 135

| 69

| 2152818

37.44%