1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952 1957  →
All 107 constituencies but 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.36%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Nabakrushna Choudhury Sraddhakara Supakara Party INC GNP Leader's seat Barchana Sambalpur-Rairakhol Seats won 67 31 Popular vote 13,92,501 7,53,685 Percentage 37.87% 22.50%
Elected CM Nabakrushna Choudhury INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly held on 27 March 1952 were the first assembly elections in Orissa. This election was officially known as the 1951 Orissa Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952. ^[1]

Political parties

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 but without clear majority while All India Gantantra Parishad emerged as the main opponent to the Congress party. ^[1]

Constituencies and Electorate

Constituencies

The 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election comprised a total of 107 constituencies. Of these, 91 were General constituencies and 16 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST). The General constituencies included 58 single-member seats and 33 double-member seats, while all 16 ST constituencies were single-member.

The constituency with the fewest contestants was Balligudda, with only one candidate, while the constituency with the most contestants was Aska, with 15 candidates. ^[1]

Electorate

The total number of registered electors for the election was 7,598,161. Of this, 6,730,261 electors were from the General constituencies, and 867,900 were from the ST constituencies. ^[1]

Results

Summary of results of the 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election ^[1]

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%

Winners

	Winner					Runner Up					Margin		Turnout
Constituency	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Koraput District
001-Malkangiri	Laxman Gouda		GP	6,090	51.28	Radhamohan Sahu		INC	3,244	27.32	2,846	23.96	11,876	23.30
002-Padua	Ganeswar Mohapatra		GP	9,982	60.46	Kailash Ch. Nanda		INC	5,970	36.16	4,012	24.30	16,511	27.57
003-Nowrangpur	Sadasiba Tripathy		INC	40,626	65.95	Rama Chandra Chodhury		GP	18,358	29.80
	Mudi Naiko		INC
004-Jeypur	Harihar Mishra		GP
	Laichhan Naik		GP
005-Koraput (ST)	Ganga Muduli		GP	7,404	65.03	R. Ch. Naik		INC	3,982	34.97	3,422	30.05	11,386	24.97
006-Nandapur	Bhagaban Khemundu Naik		INC	8,132	48.85	Biswanath Uttarkabat		GP	5,887	35.36	2,245	13.49	16,648	36.05
007-Rayagada (ST)	Mandangi Kamaya		INC	9,049	61.57	Bisimajhi Prahalad		GP	5,649	38.43	3,400	23.13	14,698	24.31
008-Bissemkatak (ST)	Syamaghana Ulaka		GP	6,786	61.55	Kadraka Malati		INC	4,239	38.45	2,547	23.10	11,025	17.83
009-Gunupur(ST)	Soboro Dumba		GP	5,330	52.15	Ram Murty		IND	4,119	40.30	1,211	11.85	10,220	21.84
Phulbani District
010-Balliguda	Jadaba Padra		Indian National Congress			Elected Unopposed
011-Phulbani-Udayagiri	Sadanada Sahu		Independent
	Balakrishna Mallick		Independent
012-Baudh	Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Independent	6,988	37.97	Golap Bidyanath Vyas		IND	4,487	24.38			18,406	30.23
Dhenkanal District
013-Athmallik	Dwitiya Roul		Independent	6,054	69.45%	Bhagaban Behera		INC	2,663	30.55			8,717	18.30
014-Angul-Hindol	Hrushikesh Tripathi		Indian National Congress
	Arkhit Naik		Indian National Congress
015-Talcher	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan		Indian National Congress	17,711	64.14	Pattayat Promoda Chandra Deb		GP	7,186	26.02			27,612	57.65%
016-Pal-Lakhra-K. Nagar	Mahesh Chandra Subahu Singh		Indian National Congress
	Baidhar Naik		Indian National Congress
017-Dhenkanal	Baisnab Charan Patnaik		Communist Party of India
	Madan Dehuri		Communist Party of India
Kalahandi District
018-Bhawanipatna	Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Janardhan Majhi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
019-Jaipatna-Kasipur(ST)	Jhajuru Jhodia		Indian National Congress
020-Junagarh	Pratap Keshari Deo (Bhawanipatna)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Dayanidhi Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
021-Nawapara	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
	Chaitan Majhi		Indian National Congress
Bolangir District
022-Titilagarh	Muralidhar Panda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
023-Patnagarh	Arjun Das (PGarh)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Ganesh Ram Bariah		All India Ganatantra Parishad
024-Bolangir	Nandakishore Mishra		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Achyutananda Mahananda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
025-Sonepur	Anantaram Nanda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
026-Binika	Baikuntha Nepak		All India Ganatantra Parishad
027-Birmaharajpur	Achyutananda Mahananda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sambalpur District
028-Padampur	Anirudha Mishra		Independent
	Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha		Indian National Congress
029-Baragarh	Tirthabasi Pradhan		Indian National Congress
030-Attabira	Bipin Bihari Das (Attabira)		Indian National Congress
031-Sohella	Bhikari Sahu		Indian National Congress
	Bisi Bibhar		Indian National Congress
032-Ambabhona-Mura	Makardhwaj Pradhan		Socialist Party
033-Sambalpur-Rairakhol	Sradhakar Supakar		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Bhikari Ghasi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
034-Jharsuguda-Rampella	Bijoy Kumar Pani		Indian National Congress
	Manohar Singh Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
035-Bamra	Haraprasad Deb		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Jayadev Thakur		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sundargarh District
036-Sundargarh	Krupanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress
	Dwarikanath Kusum		All India Ganatantra Parishad
037-Rajgangpur (ST)	Agapit Lakra		Indian National Congress
038-Bisra (ST)	Madan Mohan Amat		Indian National Congress
039-Bonai (ST)	Nilamani Singh Dandapat		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar District
040-Champua (ST)	Guru Charan Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
041-Keonjhar	Laxmi Narayan Bhanjdeo		Independent
	Govinda Chandra Munda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
042-Anandapur	Janardan Bhanj Deo		Independent
	Bhaiga Sethi		Independent
Mayurbhanj District
043-Panchpir	Biswanath Sahu (Panchpir)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
	Ghasiram Sandil		Independent
044-Kaptipada (ST)	Harachand Hansada		Socialist Party
045-Khunta(ST)	Sakila Soren		Socialist Party
046-Baripada	Girish Chandra Roy		Socialist Party
	Surendra Singh		Indian National Congress
047-Bahalda (ST)	Sonaram Soren		Indian National Congress
048-Rairangpur (ST)	Haradeb Triya		Indian National Congress
049-Bangriposhi (ST)	Jadav Majhi (B.Posi)		Indian National Congress
050-Muruda	Prasanna Kumar Das (Baripada)		Socialist Party
Balasore District
051-Jaleswar	Karunakar Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
052-Bhograi	Sashikanta Bhanj		Independent
053-Basta	Trilochan Senapati		Indian National Congress
054-Soro	Nandakishore Das		Indian National Congress
055-Balasore	Surendra Nath Das		Indian National Congress
056-Nilgiri	Nilambar Das		Indian National Congress
	Chaitanya Prasad Sethi		Indian National Congress
057-Bhadrak	Mahamad Hanif		Indian National Congress
058-Banth	Gokulananda Mohanty		Indian National Congress
059-Dhamnagar	Nilamani Routray		Indian National Congress
060-Chandbali	Chakradhar Behera		Indian National Congress
	Brundabana Das		Indian National Congress
Cuttack District
061-Sukinda	Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra		Independent
062-Jajpur	Gadadhar Das		Indian National Congress
	Santanu Kumar Das		Indian National Congress
063-Dharamsala	Paramanada Mohanty		Socialist Party
064-Binjharpur	Padmanava Roy		Indian National Congress
	Naba Kishore Mallick		Indian National Congress
064-Barchana	Nabakrushna Chaudhury		Indian National Congress
066-Aul	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo		Independent
067-Patamundai	Ram Raj Kumari		Independent
068-Rajnagar	Saraswati Devi		Indian National Congress
069-Kendrapara	Dinabandhu Sahoo		Indian National Congress
070-Patkura	Lokanath Mishra (Patkura)		Indian National Congress
071-Tirtol	Nishamani Khuntia		Socialist Party
072-Ersama	Gourishyam Naik		Indian National Congress
073-Balikuda	Prana Krushna Parija		Independent
074-Jagatsinghpur	Nilamani Pradhan		Indian National Congress
075-Kissennagar	Rajkrushna Bose		Indian National Congress
076-Salepur	Surendranath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	Purnanda Samal		Indian National Congress
077-Mahanga	Mahammad Attahar		Indian National Congress
078-Cuttack Town	Biren Mitra		Indian National Congress
079-Cuttack Rural	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	Laxman Mallick		Indian National Congress
080-Banki	Gokulanand Praharaj		Socialist Party
081-Narasinghpur	Brundaban Sahu		All India Ganatantra Parishad
082-Athgarh	Radhanath Rath		Indian National Congress
Puri District
083-Kakatpur Nimapara	Upendra Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	Gobinda Chandra Sethi		Indian National Congress
084-Satyabadi	Nilakantha Das		Independent
085-Pipili	Jayakrushna Mohanty		Indian National Congress
086-Puri	Fakir Charan Das		Socialist Party
087-Bramhagiri	Biswanath Parida		Independent
088-Banpur	Godavaris Mishra		Independent
089-Bhubaneswar	Satapriya Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	Kanhu Mallik		Indian National Congress
090-Khurda	Madhab Chandra Routray		Indian National Congress
091-Begunia	Gangadhar Paikray		Communist Party of India
092-Ranpur	Basant Manjari Devi		Indian National Congress
093-Nayagarh	Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata		Independent
094-Khandapara	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardraj Bhramabara Roy		Independent
095-Daspalla	Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj		Indian National Congress
Ganjam District
096-Jaganathprasad	Biju Patnaik		Indian National Congress
097-Russelkonda	Dinabandhu Behera		Indian National Congress
098-Aska	Harihar Das (Aska)		Communist Party of India
	Mohan Naik (Aska)		Communist Party of India
099-Khallikote	Ramachandra Mardaraj Dev		Independent
100-Kodala	Banamali Mahrana		Socialist Party
101-Purusottampur	Harihar Das (P.Pur)		Indian National Congress
102-Chatrapur	Sitaramaya V.		Independent
103-Pattapur	Govind Pradhan		Communist Party of India
104-Berhampur	Ramachandra Mishra		Independent
	Dandapani Das		Independent
105-Patrapur	Dibakar Patnaik		Forward Block (Marxist Group)
106-Parlakhelmundi	Jaganath Mishra (Parala)		Communist Party of India
	Apenna Dora Biswasrai		Independent
107-Udayagiri-Mohana (ST)	Pattu Maliko		Indian National Congress

Government Formation

In these elections, Congress emerged as the largest party, but did not get majority to form the government. It won 10 seats below the majority mark. Nabakrushna Choudhuri of the Congress party became the first Chief Minister of Odisha, after a series of re-alignments with 10 independents.

See also

• 1951–52 elections in India
• 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-11-12.