1974 elections in India
Legislative Assembly elections
[Odisha]
Source:| 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 |