1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1967.

Constituencies

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

Contesting parties

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 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 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.

Results

!colspan=10|
!colspan=2| Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 98,73,057 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|43,48,838