1961 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Orissa

Main article: 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

	Political Party	Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		140	82	26	58.57	12,69,000	43.28	5.02
	All India Ganatantra Parishad		121	37	14	26.42	6,55,099	27.23	1.51
	Praja Socialist Party		43	10	1	7.14	3,22,305	30.43	20.03
	Communist Party of India		35	4	5	3.57	2,33,971	27.32	18.92
	Jharkhand Party		9	0	"New"	0	25,602	13.57	"New"
	Independent		187	7	6	5	4,26,302	20.89	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	85,51,743	Turnout	31,27,245 (36.57%)

External links

• Election Commission of India