| Election Name: | 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | No |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | 1961 |
| Seats For Election: | All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
| Image1: | Biju Patnaik 2018 stamp of India.jpg |
| Leader1: | Biju Patnaik |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leaders Seat1: | Choudwar |
| Seats1: | 82 |
| Seat Change1: | 26 |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,69,000 |
| Percentage1: | 43.28 |
| Swing1: | 5.02 |
| Leaders Seat2: | - |
| Party2: | Ganatantra Parishad |
| Seats2: | 37 |
| Seat Change2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,55,099 |
| Percentage2: | 28.74 |
| Swing2: | 1.51 |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Vacant |
| Before Party: | President's rule |
| After Election: | Biju Patnaik |
| After Party: | Indian National Congress |
| Majority Seats: | 71 |
Elections to the Third Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1961.[1]
The elections were held for 140 constituencies, of which 25 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 29 for Scheduled Tribes and 86 unreserved.
There are three national parties (the Communist Party of India, Congress and the Praja Socialist Party), one state party (Ganatantra Parishad), one registered unrecognised party (Jharkhand Party) and some Independent Politicians. All took part in this assembly election. The Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 58% of the seats with a vote share of 43.28%.[2] The post of Chief Minister saw successive replacements during this period.Biju Patnaik became the Chief Minister of Odisha and remained in power till 1963, before being replaced by Biren Mitra, and finally by Sadashiva Tripathy.
!colspan=10||- 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;"| | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress| | 140 || 82 || 26 || 58.57 || 12,69,000 || 40.58 || 5.02|-||| 121 || 37 || 14 || 26.42 || 6,55,099 || 20.95 || 1.51|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party|| 43 || 10 || 1 || 7.14 || 3,22,305 || 10.30 || 20.03|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India| | 35 || 4 || 5 || 3.57 || 2,33,971 || 7.48 || 18.92|-| | style="text-align:left;" |Jharkhand Party| | 9 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 25,602 || 0.81 || "New"|-| || 187 || 7 || 6 || 5 || 4,26,302 || 13.63 || N/A|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan = 3|! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 (0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 85,51,743 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|31,27,245 (36.57%)|}
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omerkote | None | Tripathy Sadasiva | ||
| Dabugam | None | Tripathy Jagannath | ||
| Nowrangpur | SC | Harijan Miru | ||
| Jeypore | None | Patnaik Raghunath | ||
| Kotpad | SC | Bakria Mahadebo | ||
| Malkangiri | ST | Nayak Guru | ||
| Padwa | None | Mahapatra Ganeswar | ||
| Koraput | ST | Toyaka Sanganna | ||
| Pottangi | ST | Pangi Musuri Santa | ||
| Rayagada | ST | Mandangi Kamayya | ||
| Gunupur | None | Patro Narasingo | ||
| Bissamcuttack | ST | Chowdhary Biswanath | ||
| Parlakimedi | None | Nalla Kurmanaikulu | ||
| R. Udaigiri | ST | Bhoya Ramo | ||
| Digapahandi | None | Mahapatra Raghunath | ||
| Mohana | SC | Naik Biswnath | ||
| Berhampur | None | Narendra Deo Sisirkumar | ||
| Patrapur | SC | Jani Trilochana | ||
| Dura | None | P. Venkata Jaganatha Rao | ||
| Chatrapur | None | Mahapatra Lakshman | ||
| Khallikote | None | Mardaraj Deo Ramchandra | ||
| Hinjili | None | Nayak Brundaban | ||
| Kodala West | None | Das Biswanath | ||
| Kodala East | None | Panigarhi Lingaraj | ||
| Bhanjanagar | None | Pradhan Magunicharan | ||
| Jagannath Prasad | SC | Naik Udia | ||
| Aska | None | Mishra Lokanath | ||
| Suruda | None | Naik Arjuna | ||
| Balliguda | ST | Podra Dubara | ||
| G Udayagiri | ST | Padhi Sarangadhar | ||
| Phulbani | None | Padhi Himanusekhara | ||
| Boudh | SC | Dipa Anirudha | ||
| Madanpur Rampur | None | Deo Birakeshari | ||
| Bhawanipatna | ST | Majhi Anchal | ||
| Kashipur | None | Debi Nabakumari | ||
| Koksara | SC | Naik Dayanidhi | ||
| Junagarh | None | Naik Maheswar | ||
| Dharamgarh | ST | Naik Mukund | ||
| Khariar | None | Deo Anupsingh | ||
| Nawapara | ST | Majhi Gahshiram | ||
| Kantabanji | None | Deo Maharaja Shri Rajendra Narayan Singh | ||
| Titilagarh | SC | Mahananda Achyutanand | ||
| Saintala | None | Sahoo Ainthu | ||
| Patnagarh | ST | Bhoi Ramesh Chandra | ||
| Loisingha | None | Misra Ram Prasad | ||
| Bolangir | ST | Singh Chandra Sekhar | ||
| Tusra | None | Misra Nanda Kishore | ||
| Binka | None | Nanda Antarama | ||
| Sonepur | SC | Ganda Daulata | ||
| Melchhamunda | None | Padhee Sachidanand | ||
| Padampur | ST | Singh Bariha Bir Bikramaditya | ||
| Bargarh | None | Padhan Gananath | ||
| Bijepur | SC | Nag Mohan | ||
| Bhatli | None | Padhan Saraswati | ||
| Sambalpur | None | Babu Banamali | ||
| Attabira | SC | Chhuria Dalganjan | ||
| Katarbaga | None | Misra Bishnu Prasad | ||
| Deogarh | ST | Thakur Jayadeb | ||
| Rairakhol | None | Deb Bhanugang Tribhuban Raja | ||
| Brajrajnagar | None | Panda Prasanna Kumar | ||
| Jharsuguda | ST | Bariha Binod Bihari | ||
| Sundergarh | None | Patel Harihar | ||
| Talsara | ST | Pradhan Gangadhar | ||
| Rajgangpur | ST | Amat Rangabalabh | ||
| ST | Bhagat Premchand | |||
| Bonai | ST | Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad | ||
| Champua | ST | Naik Guru Charan | ||
| Patna | None | Mishra Rajbalabh | ||
| Keonjhar | None | Bhani Deo Janardan | ||
| Telkoi | ST | Munda Govinda | ||
| Ramachandrapur | None | Kuanr Muralidhar | ||
| Anandpur | SC | Sethi Makar | ||
| Pal Lahora | None | Pradhan Pabitra Mohan | ||
| Talcher | None | Pradhan Pabitra Mohan | ||
| K. Nagar | None | Tripathy Brundaban | ||
| Dhenkanal | None | Devi Ratnaprova | ||
| Gondia | ST | Dehuri Kalia | ||
| Chendipada | SC | Nayak Pada | ||
| Angul | None | Singh Kumuda Chandra | ||
| Athmallik | None | Panigrahy Khetramohan | ||
| Banpur | None | Mishra Raghunath | ||
| Daspalla | SC | Nayak Saheb | ||
| Khandpara | None | Singh Mardaraj Bharamarbar Ray Harihar | ||
| Nayagarh | None | Singh Brundaban Chandra | ||
| Ranpur | None | Ram Ramachandra | ||
| Begunia | None | Paikray Gongadhar | ||
| Khurda | None | Patnaik Banamali | ||
| Bhubaneswar | None | Mahanty Satyapriya | ||
| Balipatna | SC | Bhoi Gopinath | ||
| Brahmagiri | None | Patra Gopabadhu | ||
| Puri | None | Prathihari Bhagwan | ||
| Satyabadi | None | Deb Raj Raj | ||
| Pipili | None | Patnaik Ramachandra | ||
| Kakatpur | None | Mohanty Upendra | ||
| Nimapara | SC | Sethi Gobinda | ||
| Banki | None | Praharaj Gokulananda | ||
| Baramba | None | Nayak Bidyadhar | ||
| Athgarh | None | Dash Achutananda | ||
| Cuttack City | None | Mitra Biren | ||
| Choudwar | None | Pattanik Bijoyananda | ||
| Cuttack Sadar | SC | Mallick Laxman | ||
| Jagatsinghpur | None | Dey Priyanath | ||
| Govindpur | SC | Mallik Kanduri Charan | ||
| Mahanga | None | Patnaik Surendranath | ||
| Salepur | SC | Behera Baidhar | ||
| Balikuda | None | Das Bipin Bihari | ||
| Ersama | None | Ratnamali Jema | ||
| Tirtol | None | Mohanty Pratap Chandr | ||
| Patkura | None | Mishra Lokanath | ||
| Rajnagar | None | Nayak Padma Charan | ||
| Aul | None | Bhanja Deo Raja Sailendra Narayan | ||
| Kendrapara | None | Sahu Dhruba Charan | ||
| Pattamundei | SC | Malik Prahallad | ||
| Binjharpur | None | Nayak Chittaranjan | ||
| Berchana | None | Lenka Dhananjaya | ||
| Dharmasala | None | Dutta Gadadhep | ||
| Sukinda | SC | Singh Baidhar | ||
| Jajpur West | None | Pattanayak Madan Mohan | ||
| Jajpur East | SC | Das Santanu Kumar | ||
| Dhamnagar | None | Jena Muralidhar | ||
| Basudebpur | None | Routroy Nilamani | ||
| Chandbali | SC | Jena Bairagi | ||
| Bhadrak | None | Mohapatra Nityananda | ||
| Soro | None | Panigrahi Karunakar | ||
| Simulia | SC | Das Bhagiratha | ||
| Nilgiri | None | Mardaraj Harichandan Raja Rajendrachandra | ||
| Balasore | None | De Bijoy Krishna | ||
| Basta | None | Baug Maheswar | ||
| Bhograi | None | Das Pyari Mohan | ||
| Jaleswar | None | Paul Prasanna Kumar | ||
| Kunta | None | Dash Prasanna Kumar | ||
| Baisinga | SC | Patra Arjun | ||
| Udala | ST | Tudu Man Mohan | ||
| Karanjia | None | Behera Pravakar | ||
| Jashipur | ST | Triya Mochiram | ||
| Rairangpur | ST | Singh Chandra Mohan | ||
| Bahalda | ST | Soren Sunaram | ||
| Bangiriposi | ST | Nayak Iswar Chandra | ||
| Baripada | None | Sahu Santosh Kumar | ||
| Muruda | ST | Soren Sakila | ||