Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1961

Elections to the third term of the Legislative Assembly in Orissa were held in June 1961, after President’s rule was imposed in the state for a brief period. Owing to differences between Chief Minister Harekrushna Mahatab and the Congress party, to which he belonged, Mahatab resigned from the post of CM of Orissa in February 1961, leading to imposition of President’s rule. Fresh elections were held in June of the same year, with candidates from political parties contesting in a total of 140 Assembly constituencies, out of which 86 were for general candidates, 25 Assembly seats were reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates and 29 seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates. The Indian National Congress won a thumping majority, winning 82 out of the 140 Assembly constituencies in which it contested, and hence formed the government in the state. The All India Ganatantra Parishad followed the Congress, though lagged behind by a huge margin, winning 37 seats. Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar continued in the prestigious post of the Governor of Orissa for the first few months of the third Assembly term, before he was replaced by Padma Bhushan awardee and former Vice Chancellor of University of Roorkee, Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla. Dr. Khosla remained the Governor till 1966 before being replaced by Khaleell Ahommed as the Acting Governor. Dr. Khosla again took over the role of Governor till the end of the term. Lingaraj Panigrahi was the Speaker of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period. The post of Chief Minister saw successive replacements during this period. Biju Ptnaik of the Congress became the Chief Minister of Orissa and remained in power till 1963, before being replaced by Biren Mitra, and finally by Sadashiva Tripathy.

During this tenure of the Congress, the state of Orissa witnessed significant economic and administrative changes, along with infrastructural developments through construction of universities, world-class schools, among other things. Some of the most important legislations passed during this time are:

• Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Act, 1961
• Orissa Secondary Education (Amendment) Act, 1961
• Orissa Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1961
• Orissa Bhoodan Yogna (Amendment) Act, 1962
• Orissa Hydro- Electric Projects and Flood Control Works (Survey) (Amendment) Act, 1962
• Government Land Settlement Act, 1962
• Orissa Tenants Relief (Amendment) Act, 1963
• Orissa Preservation of Private Forest (Amendment) Act, 1963
• Orissa Express Highway Act, 1964
• Orissa Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1965
• Orissa Cess (Amendment) Act, 1966

List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1961

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Gender	Party
1	Omerkote	Gen	Tripathy Sadasiva	M	INC
2	Dabugam	Gen	Tripathy Jagannath	M	INC
3	Nowrangpur	(SC)	Harijan Miru	M	INC
4	Jeypore	Gen	Patnaik Raghunath	M	INC
5	Kotpad	(SC)	Bakria Mahadebo	M	INC
6	Malkangiri	(ST)	Nayak Guru	M	GP
7	Padwa	Gen	Mahapatra Ganeswar	M	INC
8	Koraput	(ST)	Toyaka Sanganna	M	INC
9	Pottangi	(ST)	Pangi Musuri Santa	M	INC
10	Rayagada	(ST)	Mandangi Kamayya	M	INC
11	Gunupur	Gen	Patro Narasingo	M	INC
12	Bissam Cuttack	(ST)	Chowdhary Biswanath	M	GP
13	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Nalla Kurmanaikulu	M	INC
14	R. Udaigiri	(ST)	Bhoya Ramo	M	INC
15	Digapahandi	Gen	Mahapatra Raghunath	M	INC
16	Mohana	(SC)	Naik Biswnath	M	INC
17	Berhampur	Gen	Narendra Deo Sisirkumar	M	IND
18	Patrapur	(SC)	Jani Trilochana	M	INC
19	Dura	Gen	P. Venkata Jaganatha Rao	M	INC
20	Chhatrapur	Gen	Mahapatra Lakshman	M	CPI
21	Khallikote	Gen	Mardaraj Deo Ramchandra	M	INC
22	Hinjili	Gen	Nayak Brundaban	M	INC
23	Kodala West	Gen	Das Biswanath	M	INC
24	Kodala East	Gen	Panigarhi Lingaraj	M	INC
25	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Pradhan Magunicharan	M	INC
26	Jagannathprasad	(SC)	Naik Udia	M	INC
27	Aska	Gen	Mishra Lokanath	M	INC
28	Surada	Gen	Naik Arjuna	M	INC
29	Baliguda	(ST)	Podra Dubara	M	GP
30	G. Udayagiri	(ST)	Padhi Sarangadhar	M	INC
31	Phulbani	Gen	Padhi Himanusekhara	M	INC
32	Boudh	(SC)	Dipa Anirudha	M	GP
33	Madanpur Rampur	Gen	Deo Birakeshari	M	GP
34	Bhawanipatna	(ST)	Majhi Anchal	M	GP
35	Kashipur	Gen	Debi Nabakumari	F	GP
36	Koksara	(SC)	Naik Dayanidhi	M	GP
37	Junagarh	Gen	Naik Maheswar	M	GP
38	Dharamgarh	(ST)	Naik Mukund	M	GP
39	Khariar	Gen	Deo Anupsingh	M	INC
40	Nawapara	(ST)	Majhi Gahshiram	M	IND
41	Kantabanji	Gen	Deo Maharaja Shri Rajendra Narayan Singh	M	GP
42	Titlagarh	(SC)	Mahananda Achyutanand	M	GP
43	Saintala	Gen	Sahoo Ainthu	M	GP
44	Patnagarh	(ST)	Bhoi Ramesh Chandra	M	GP
45	Loisingha	Gen	Misra Ram Prasad	M	GP
46	Bolangir	(ST)	Singh Chandra Sekhar	M	GP
47	Tusra	Gen	Misra Nanda Kishore	M	GP
48	Binka	Gen	Nanda Antarama	M	GP
49	Sonepur	(SC)	Ganda Daulata	M	GP
50	Melchhamunda	Gen	Padhee Sachidanand	M	INC
51	Padampur	(ST)	Singh Bariha Bir Bikramaditya	M	INC
52	Bargarh	Gen	Padhan Gananath	M	IND
53	Bijepur	(SC)	Nag Mohan	M	INC
54	Bhatli	Gen	Padhan Saraswati	F	INC
55	Sambalpur	Gen	Babu Banamali	M	INC
56	Attabira	(SC)	Chhuria Dalganjan	M	INC
57	Katarbaga	Gen	Misra Bishnu Prasad	M	GP
58	Deogarh	(ST)	Thakur Jayadeb	M	GP
59	Rairakhol	Gen	Deb Bhanugang Tribhuban Raja	M	GP
60	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Panda Prasanna Kumar	M	CPI
61	Jharsuguda	(ST)	Bariha Binod Bihari	M	INC
62	Sundargarh	Gen	Patel Harihar	M	GP
63	Talsara	(ST)	Pradhan Gangadhar	M	GP
64	Rajgangpur	(ST)	Amat Rangabalabh	M	INC
65	Bisra	(ST)	Bhagat Premchand	M	GP
66	Bonai	(ST)	Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad	M	GP
67	Champua	(ST)	Naik Guru Charan	M	GP
68	Patna	Gen	Mishra Rajbalabh	M	GP
69	Keonjhar	Gen	Bhani Deo Janardan	M	GP
70	Telkoi	(ST)	Munda Govinda	M	GP
71	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Kuanr Muralidhar	M	INC
72	Anandapur	(SC)	Sethi Makar	M	INC
73	Pallahara	Gen	Pradhan Pabitra Mohan	M	INC
74	Talcher	Gen	Pradhan Pabitra Mohan	M	INC
75	Kabisuryangar	Gen	Tripathy Brundaban	M	GP
76	Dhenkanal	Gen	Devi Ratnaprova	F	GP
77	Gondia	(ST)	Dehuri Kalia	M	GP
78	Chhendipada	(SC)	Nayak Pada	M	INC
79	Angul	Gen	Singh Kumuda Chandra	M	INC
80	Athmallik	Gen	Panigrahy Khetramohan	M	GP
81	Banpur	Gen	Mishra Raghunath	M	GP
82	Daspalla	(SC)	Nayak Saheb	M	INC
83	Khandapada	Gen	Singh Mardaraj Bharamarbar Ray Harihar	M	INC
84	Nayagarh	Gen	Singh Brundaban Chandra	M	INC
85	Ranpur	Gen	Ram Ramachandra	M	CPI
86	Begunia	Gen	Paikray Gongadhar	M	CPI
87	Khurda	Gen	Patnaik Banamali	M	INC
88	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Mahanty Satyapriya	M	INC
89	Balipatna	(SC)	Bhoi Gopinath	M	INC
90	Brahmagiri	Gen	Patra Gopabadhu	M	IND
91	Puri	Gen	Prathihari Bhagwan	M	INC
92	Satyabadi	Gen	Deb Raj Raj	M	GP
93	Pipili	Gen	Patnaik Ramachandra	M	INC
94	Kakatpur	Gen	Mohanty Upendra	M	INC
95	Nimapara	(SC)	Sethi Gobinda	M	INC
96	Banki	Gen	Praharaj Gokulananda	M	PSP
97	Baramba	Gen	Nayak Bidyadhar	M	INC
98	Athagarh	Gen	Dash Achutananda	M	IND
99	Cuttack City	Gen	Mitra Biren	M	INC
100	Choudwar	Gen	Pattanik Bijoyananda	M	INC
101	Cuttack Sadar	(SC)	Mallick Laxman	M	INC
102	Jagatsinghpur	Gen	Dey Priyanath	M	INC
103	Govindpur	(SC)	Mallik Kanduri Charan	M	PSP
104	Mahanga	Gen	Patnaik Surendranath	M	INC
105	Salepur	(SC)	Behera Baidhar	M	PSP
106	Balikuda	Gen	Das Bipin Bihari	M	INC
107	Ersama	Gen	Ratnamali Jema	M	INC
108	Tirtol	Gen	Mohanty Pratap Chandr	M	INC
109	Patkura	Gen	Mishra Lokanath	M	INC
110	Rajanagar	Gen	Nayak Padma Charan	M	IND
111	Aul	Gen	Bhanja Deo Raja Sailendra Narayan	M	INC
112	Kendrapara	Gen	Sahu Dhruba Charan	M	PSP
113	Pattamundei	(SC)	Malik Prahallad	M	INC
114	Binjharpur	Gen	Nayak Chittaranjan	M	INC
115	Berchana	Gen	Lenka Dhananjaya	M	INC
116	Dharamsala	Gen	Dutta Gadadhep	M	INC
117	Sukinda	(SC)	Singh Baidhar	M	INC
118	Jajpur West	Gen	Pattanayak Madan Mohan	M	INC
119	Jajpur East	(SC)	Das Santanu Kumar	M	INC
120	Dhamnagar	Gen	Jena Muralidhar	M	INC
121	Basudevpur	Gen	Routroy Nilamani	M	INC
122	Chandbali	(SC)	Jena Bairagi	M	INC
123	Bhadrak	Gen	Mohapatra Nityananda	M	IND
124	Soro	Gen	Panigrahi Karunakar	M	INC
125	Simulia	(SC)	Das Bhagiratha	M	INC
126	Nilgiri	Gen	Mardaraj Harichandan Raja	M	GP
127	Balasore	Gen	De Bijoy Krishna	M	INC
128	Basta	Gen	Baug Maheswar	M	PSP
129	Bhograi	Gen	Das Pyari Mohan	M	PSP
130	Jaleswar	Gen	Paul Prasanna Kumar	M	PSP
131	Kunta	Gen	Dash Prasanna Kumar	M	PSP
132	Baisinga	(SC)	Patra Arjun	M	PSP
133	Udala	(ST)	Tudu Man Mohan	M	INC
134	Karanjia	Gen	Behera Pravakar	M	INC
135	Jashipur	(ST)	Triya Mochiram	M	INC
136	Rairangpur	(ST)	Singh Chandra Mohan	M	INC
137	Bahalda	(ST)	Soren Sunaram	M	INC
138	Bangriposi	(ST)	Nayak Iswar Chandra	M	INC
139	Baripada	Gen	Sahu Santosh Kumar	M	INC
140	Morada	(ST)	Soren Sakila	M	PSP

List of Participating Political Parties in Orissa Assembly Election in 1961

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	CPI	Communist Party of India
2	INC	Indian National Congress
3	PSP	Praja Socialist Party
State Parties
4	GP	All India Gantantra Parishad
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
5	JP	Jahrkhand Party
Independents
6	IND	Independent