1961 elections in India

Legislative Assembly elections

Summary of results of the 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[1]
Political Party	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress	140	82	26	58.57	12,69,000	43.28	5.02
All India Ganatantra Parishad	121	37	14	26.42	6,55,099	27.23	1.51
Praja Socialist Party	43	10	1	7.14	3,22,305	30.43	20.03
Communist Party of India	35	4	5	3.57	2,33,971	27.32	18.92
Jharkhand Party	9	0	"New"	0	25,602	13.57	"New"
Independent	187	7	6	5	4,26,302	20.89	N/A
	Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	85,51,743	Turnout	31,27,245 (36.57%)