1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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  1952 1957 1961  

All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg
Leader Harekrushna Mahatab
Party INC AIGP
Leader's seat Soro -
Seats won5651
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 20
Popular vote16,28,18012,23,014
Percentage38.2628.74
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.39Increase2.svg 8.24

CM before election

Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

Elected CM

Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

Elections to the second Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1957. [1]

Contents

Constituencies

The elections were held for 140 seats of 101 constituencies. 62 constituencies were single-member while 39 constituencies were two-member constituencies. Out of 101 constituencies, 25 were reserved for Scheduled Caste, while 18 were reserved for Scheduled Tribe. A total of 517 candidates contested for these 140 seats. [1]

Political parties

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress and Praja Socialist Party along with the state party Ganatantra Parishad took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 38.26%. [1] Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state.

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election [1]
India Odisha Legislative Assembly 1957.svg
PartyFlagSeats
Contested
WonNet Change
in seats
 % of
Seats
VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 14056Decrease2.svg 1140.0016,28,18038.26Increase2.svg 0.39
Ganatantra Parishad 10951Increase2.svg 2036.4312,23,01428.74Increase2.svg 8.24
Praja Socialist Party 4611New7.864,42,50810.40New
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 439Increase2.svg 26.433,57,6598.40Increase2.svg 2.78
Independent politician 17913Decrease2.svg 119.296,04,65214.21N/A
Total Seats140 (Steady2.svg 0)Voters1,24,67,800Turnout42,56,013 (34.14%)

Elected members

ConstituencyReserved for
(SC/ST/None)
MemberParty
OmerkoteNoneRadhakrishna Biswas Roy Indian National Congress
NowrangpurSCSadasiva Tripathy Indian National Congress
Harijan Miru Indian National Congress
JeypurSCHarihar Mishra Ganatantra Parishad
Laichan Naik Ganatantra Parishad
MalkangiriNoneMadakami Guru Ganatantra Parishad
PadwaNoneLaxmana Goudo Ganatantra Parishad
KoraputNoneLacmana Pujari Ganatantra Parishad
PottangiNoneMallu Santa Indian National Congress
RayagadaNoneKammayya Mandangi Indian National Congress
GunupurSTNarasimho Patro Indian National Congress
Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka Indian National Congress
ParlakimediNoneNalla Kurmunaikulu Independent
R UdaigiriSTRam Bhuya Indian National Congress
DigapahandiSCMohana Nayak Indian National Congress
Devi Anangacanjari Indian National Congress
BerhampurSCLingaraj Panigrahi Indian National Congress
Dandapani Das Indian National Congress
DuraNoneP. V. Jaganadha Rao Indian National Congress
ChatrapurNoneYatiraj Proharaj Indian National Congress
KhalikoteNoneNarayan Sahu Independent
HinjiliNoneBrunadabano Nayak Indian National Congress
Kodala WestNoneHariharo Das Indian National Congress
Kodala EastNoneRamchandro Mardaraj Dev Indian National Congress
BhanjanagarSCGovinda Pradhan Communist Party of India
Suma Naik Communist Party of India
AskaNoneHarihara Dass Communist Party of India
SurudaNoneBijayananda Patnaik Indian National Congress
BalligudaNoneLokanath Patra Ganatantra Parishad
G UdaigiriNoneSarangadhar Prodhan Ganatantra Parishad
PhulbaniSCAnirudha Dipa Ganatantra Parishad
Himanshu Shekhar Padhi Ganatantra Parishad
BhawanipatnaSTKarunakar Bhoi Ganatantra Parishad
Pratap Keshari Deo Ganatantra Parishad
KasipurSCKishore Chandra Deo Ganatantra Parishad
Manikrai Naik Ganatantra Parishad
DharmagarhSTJanardan Majhi Ganatantra Parishad
Birakeshari Deo Ganatantra Parishad
NawaparaSTAnupsingh Deo Indian National Congress
Ghasiram Majhi Indian National Congress
TitlagarhSCAchyutananda Mahanand Ganatantra Parishad
Rajendranarayan Singh Deo Ganatantra Parishad
PatnagarhSTAinthu Sahoo Ganatantra Parishad
Asharam Bhoi Ganatantra Parishad
LoisinghaNoneRam Prasad Misra Ganatantra Parishad
BolangirSTNanda Kishore Misra Ganatantra Parishad
Ramesh Chandra Bhoi Ganatantra Parishad
SonepurSCAnantaram Nanda Ganatantra Parishad
Daulata Ganda Ganatantra Parishad
PadampurSTB. B. S. Bariha Indian National Congress
L. M. S. Bariha Ganatantra Parishad
BargarhSCMahanand Bahadur Ganatantra Parishad
Nikunja Bihari Singh Ganatantra Parishad
BhatliNoneNatabar Banchhor Communist Party of India
SambalpurSCLakshmiprasad Misra Ganatantra Parishad
Ghasi Bhikhari Ganatantra Parishad
KatarbagaNonePurusottam Panda Ganatantra Parishad
DeogarhSTRani Jyotimanjari Debi Ganatantra Parishad
Jayadeb Thakur Ganatantra Parishad
JharsugudaSTPani Bijaya Kumar Indian National Congress
Naik Manohar Ganatantra Parishad
SundergarhSTUdit Pratap Shekhar Deo Ganatantra Parishad
Gangadhar Pradhan Ganatantra Parishad
RajgangpurSTShanti Prakas Oram Independent
Bisra STMunda Nirmal Independent
BonaiSTArjun Naik Ganatantra Parishad
ChampuaSTNaik Gurucharan Ganatantra Parishad
Misra Rajballav Ganatantra Parishad
KeonjharSTJanardan Bhanj Deo Ganatantra Parishad
Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Independent
AnandpurSCBirakishore Jena Ganatantra Parishad
Upendranath Jena Ganatantra Parishad
Pal LaharaNoneMrutyunjoy Pal Ganatantra Parishad
TalcherNonePabitra Mohan Pradhan Indian National Congress
DheknanalSTKalia Dehuri Ganatantra Parishad
Sankarpratap Singdeo Mahendra Bahadur Raja Ganatantra Parishad
AngulSCKumuda Chandra Singh Independent
K NagarNone Ratnaprava Devi Ganatantra Parishad
Narendra Kumar Nayak Communist Party of India
AthmallikNoneKhetramohan Panigrahhi Ganatantra Parishad
DaspallaSCSridhar Naik Ganatantra Parishad
Raja Bahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj Indian National Congress
KhandparaNoneHarihar Singh Mardaraj Indian National Congress
NayagarhNoneKrushna Ch. Singh Mandhata Independent
RanpurNoneBasant Manjari Devi Indian National Congress
BeguniaNoneSatyananda Champati Ray Indian National Congress
KhurdaNonePrananath Pattnaik Communist Party of India
BhubaneswarNoneSatyapriya Mohanty Indian National Congress
BrahmagiriNonePadma Charan Samanta Sinhar Indian National Congress
PuriNoneHarihar Bahinipati Praja Socialist Party
SatyabadiNoneNilakantha Das Indian National Congress
PipiliSCGopinath Bhoi Indian National Congress
Ramchandra Pattnaik Independent
KakatpurSCBharat Das Communist Party of India
Mohan Das Communist Party of India
BankiNoneJogesh Chandra Rout Indian National Congress
BarambaNoneRani Saheba Kanaklata Debi Ganatantra Parishad
AthgarhNoneRadhanath Rath Indian National Congress
Cuttack CityNoneBiren Mitra Indian National Congress
Cuttack SadarSCPunananda Samal Indian National Congress
Raj Krushna Bose Indian National Congress
JagatsinghpurSCNilamoni Pradhan Indian National Congress
Kanduri Charan Malick Praja Socialist Party
SalepurSCBaidhar Behera Praja Socialist Party
Pradipta Kishore Das Praja Socialist Party
BalikudaNoneBaikunthanath Mohanty Praja Socialist Party
ErsamaNoneLokanath Choudhury Communist Party of India
TirtolNoneNihamani Khuntia Praja Socialist Party
PatkuraNoneLokanath Misra Indian National Congress
RajnagarNoneAnanta Charan Tripathy Independent
AulNoneRaja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo Indian National Congress
KendraparaSCPrahalad Malik Indian National Congress
Dinabandhu Sahu Indian National Congress
BinjharpurNoneBankabehari Das Praja Socialist Party
BarchanaNoneJadumoni Mangaraj Indian National Congress
DharmasalaSCMadan Mohan Patnayak Indian National Congress
Mayadhar Sinha Indian National Congress
JajpurSCGadadhar Dutta Indian National Congress
Santanukumar Das Indian National Congress
DhamanagarNoneMuralidhar Jena Indian National Congress
ChandbaliSCNandakishore Jena Indian National Congress
Nilamani Routray Indian National Congress
BhadrakNoneNityananda Mohapatra Independent
SoroSCChaitanya Sethi Indian National Congress
Harekrushna Mahatab Indian National Congress
NilgiriNoneNilambar Das Indian National Congress
BalasoreNoneRabindramohan Das Praja Socialist Party
BastaNoneAkshya Narayan Praharaj Indian National Congress
BhograiNoneDurgasankar Das Indian National Congress
JaleswarNonePrasanna Kumar Pal Praja Socialist Party
BaisingaSCPanchanan Das Indian National Congress
Prasannakumar Das Praja Socialist Party
UdalaNoneManmohan Tudu Indian National Congress
KaranjiaNoneLal Saheb Nalin Chandra Bhanj Deo Ganatantra Parishad
JashipurNoneMochiram Tiria Ganatantra Parishad
RairangpurNoneHardev Triya Independent
BahaldaNoneSundarmohun Hemrom Independent
BangiriposiNoneRadhamohan Naik Ganatantra Parishad
BaripadaSTHarihar Mohanty Praja Socialist Party
Samai Majhi Independent

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.