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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 34.19% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 1952. This election was officially known as the 1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952. [1]
6 National parties along with All India Ganatantra Parishad and 3 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party while All India Gantantra Parishad emerged as the main opponent to the Congress party. [1]
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| Parties | Flag | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Votes | % of Votes | ||||
| National Parties | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India | 33 | 7 | 2,06,757 | 5.62% | |||||
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 2 | 1 | 12,874 | 0.35% | |||||
| Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) | 1 | 0 | 2,779 | 0.08% | |||||
| Indian National Congress | 135 | 67 | 13,92,501 | 37.87% | |||||
| Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | 7 | 0 | 16,948 | 0.46% | |||||
| Socialist Party | 79 | 10 | 4,32,731 | 11.77% | |||||
| State Parties | |||||||||
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | 58 | 31 | 7,53,685 | 20.50% | |||||
| Registered (Unrecognised) Parties | |||||||||
| Peoples Independent Party | 1 | 0 | 11,895 | 0.32% | |||||
| Pursharathi Panchayat | 1 | 0 | 1,841 | 0.05% | |||||
| Radical Democrat Party | 1 | 0 | 1,589 | 0.04% | |||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| Independent | 204 | 24 | 8,43,446 | 22.94% | |||||
| Total | 140 | 36,77,046 | 100% | ||||||
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