1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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]

1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952 1957 →

All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.36%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nabakrushna Choudhury Shraddhakar Supakar
Party INC All India Ganatantra Parishad
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

Political parties

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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]

Constituencies and Electorate

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Constituencies

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-11-12.