Elections to the Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly were held on 21 February 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.
Results +Source: Election Commission of IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsColorFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress 1,235,149 30.66% 12.62 141 31 51 Swatantra Party 909,421 22.58% 0.24 101 49 12 Orissa Jana Congress 542,734 13.47% (new) 47 26 (new) Praja Socialist Party 493,750 12.26% 1.27 33 21 11 Communist Party of India 211,999 5.26% 2.72 31 7 3 Samyukta Socialist Party 61,426 1.52% (new) 9 2 (new) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 46,597 1.16% (new) 10 1 (new) - Independents - 505,394 12.55% 1.99 212 3 3Total----140-Valid Votes 4,028,25840.80Invalid Votes320,580 -Total Votes polled / turnout 4,348,83844.05Abstentation 5,524,219 -Total No. of Electors 9,873,057
Elected members District # Constituency Name WinnerParty Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Prafulla Kumar Das 2 Jashipur (ST) Durga Charan Nayak 3 Rairangpur (ST) Kartik Chandra Majhi 4 Bahalda (ST) Sonaram Soren 5 Bangriposi (ST) Radhamohan Nayak 6 Baripada Santosh Kumar Sahu 7 Muruda (ST) Sakila Soren 8 Baisinga (ST) Prasanna Kumar Dash 9 Khunta Harachand Hansada 10 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu Balasore 11 Bhograi Pyarimohan Das 12 Jaleswar Prasanna Kumar Paul 13 Basta Chintamani Jena 14 Balasore Rabindra Mohan Das 15 Nilgiri Banamali Das 16 Sore Haraprasad Mahapatra 17 Simulia (SC) Uchhab Charan Jena 18 Bhadrak Nityananda Mahapatra 19 Dhamnagar Satyabhama Dei 20 Chandabali (SC) Manmohan Das 21 Basudebpur Harekrushna Mahatab Cuttack 22 Sukinda Anandamanjari Debi 23 Dharmasala Paramananda Mohanty 24 Barchana Jagannath Das 25 Binjharpur Baishnab Charan Mallick 26 Jajpur (West) Prafulla Chandra Ghadei 27 Jajpur (East) (SC) Santanu Kumar Das 28 Aul Dibakarnath Sharma 29 Patamundai (SC) Biswanath Mallick 30 Rajanagar Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo 31 Kendrapara Sarojakanta Kanungo 32 Patkura Chakradhar Satpathy 33 Tirtol Nishamani Khuntia 34 Ersama Lokanath Choudhury 35 Balikuda Baikunthanath Mohanty 36 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik 37 Gobindpur Muralidhar Kanungo 38 Salepur Surendranath Patnaik 39 Mahanga Biraja Prasad Ray 40 Chaudwar Akulananda Behera 41 Cuttack City Biren Mitra 42 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Sukadeva Jena 43 Banki Jogesh Chandra Rout 44 Athagarh Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 45 Baramba Pratap Chandra Pattanaik Puri 46 Bhubaneswar Harekrushna Mahatab 47 Balipatna (SC) Harihar Bhoi 48 Pipili Banamali Patnaik 49 Nimapara (SC) Nilamani Sethy 50 Kakatapur Gatikrushna Swain 51 Satyabadi Gangadhar Mohapatra 52 Puri Harihar Bahinipati 53 Bramhagiri Brajamohan Mohanty 54 Banpur Raghunath Mishra 55 Khurda Raja Birkishore Dev 56 Begunia Gangadhar Paikaray 57 Khandapara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy 58 Daspalla (SC) Bhabagrahi Nayak 59 Nayagarh Achyutananda Mohanty 60 Ranpur Brajendra Chandra Bir. Baj. Narendra Mohapatra Singh Deo Ganjam 61 Jaganathprasad (SC) Udayanath Naik 62 Bhanjanagar Dinabandhu Behera 63 Suruda Ananta Narayan Singh Deo 64 Aska Harihar Das 65 Kabisuryanagar Dandapani Swain 66 Kodala Banamali Maharana 67 Khallikote Narayan Sahu 68 Chatrapur Lakhmana Mahapatra 69 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 70 Dura (SC) Mohan Nayak 71 Berhampur Binayak Acharya 72 Chikati Dibakar Patnaik 73 Mohana (ST) Tareni Sardar 74 Ramagiri (ST) Arjuna Singh 75 Paralakhemundi N. Naikulu Kurma Koraput 76 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango 77 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Biswanath Choudhury 78 Rayagada (ST) Anantaram Majhi 79 Narayanpatna (ST) Bidika Mallana 80 Nandapur (ST) Malu Santha 81 Malkangiri (ST) Gangadhar Madhi 82 Jeypore N. Ramseshaiah 83 Kotpad (ST) Surjya Narayan Majhi 84 Nowrangpur Sadasiba Tripathy 85 Kodinga (SC) Jhitru Naik 86 Dabugam (ST) Dombaru Majhi 87 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Kalahandi 88 Nawapara (ST) Onkar Singh 89 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 90 Dharmagarh (SC) Lochan Dhangada Majhi 91 Koksara Raghunath Praharaj 92 Junagarh Maheswar Naik 93 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 94 Narla (ST) Anchal Majhi 95 Kesinga Bhagaban Bhoi Phulbani 96 Udayagiri (ST) Gopal Pradhan 97 Balliguda (ST) Naresh Pradhan 98 Phulbani (ST) Barada Prasanna Kanhar 99 Baudh Himanshu Sekhar Padhi Balangir 100 Sonepur Nilambar Raiguru 101 Binka Narasingh Charan Misra 102 Tusra Radhamohan Mishra 103 Bolangir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo 104 Loisinga Nandakishore Misra 105 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo 106 Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 107 Titilagarh (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda 108 Kantabanji (SC) Lokanath Rai Sambalpur 109 Padampur Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha 110 Melchhamunda Birendra Kumar Sahoo 111 Bijepur (SC) Mohan Nag 112 Bhatli Saraswati Pradhan 113 Bargarh Bharat Chandra Hota 114 Sambalpur Banamali Babu 115 Brajarajnagar Prasanna Kumar Panda 116 Jharsuguda Murari Prasad Misra 117 Laikera (ST) Lal Rajendra Singh 118 Kuchinda (ST) Kanhai Singh 119 Rairakhol (SC) Bhikhari Suna 120 Deogarh Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb Sundargarh 121 Sundargarh Harihar Patel 122 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 123 Rajgangpur (ST) Premchand Bhagat 124 Bisra (ST) Krushna Chandra Naik 125 Rourkela Rajkishore Samantarai 126 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Keonjhar 127 Champua (ST) Kshetra Mohan Nayak 128 Patna (ST) Ramaray Munda 129 Keonjhar (ST) Govinda Chandra Munda 130 Telkoi (ST) Bhagirathi Mohapatra 131 Ramachandrapur Raj Ballabh Mishra 132 Anandpur (SC) Bhubanananda Jena Dhenkanal 133 Pallahara Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 134 Kamakhyanagar Brundaban Tripathy 135 Gondia Haldhar Mishra 136 Dhenkanal Ratnaprava Devi 137 Talcher (SC) Kumar Chandra Behera 138 Chhendipada (SC) Nabaghan Nayak 139 Angul Kumud Chandra Singh 140 Athamallik Surendra Pradhan
Govt. formation 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. References