1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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

1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1957

All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harekrushna Mahatab
Party INC AIGP
Leader's seat Soro -
Seats won 56 51
Seat change 11 20
Popular vote 16,28,180 12,23,014
Percentage 38.26 28.74
Swing 0.39 8.24

CM before election

Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

Elected CM

Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

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]
PartyFlagSeats
Contested
WonNet Change
in seats
 % of
Seats
VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 14056 1140.0016,28,18038.26 0.39
Ganatantra Parishad 10951 2036.4312,23,01428.74 8.24
Praja Socialist Party 4611New7.864,42,50810.40New
Communist Party of India 439 26.433,57,6598.40 2.78
Independent politician 17913 119.296,04,65214.21N/A
Total Seats140 ( 0)Voters1,24,67,800Turnout42,56,013 (34.14%)

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)
Member Party
OmerkoteNoneRadhakrishna Biswas RoyIndian National Congress
NowrangpurSCSadasiva TripathyIndian National Congress
Harijan MiruIndian National Congress
JeypurSCHarihar MishraGanatantra Parishad
Laichan NaikGanatantra Parishad
MalkangiriNoneMadakami GuruGanatantra Parishad
PadwaNoneLaxmana GoudoGanatantra Parishad
KoraputNoneLacmana PujariGanatantra Parishad
PottangiNoneMallu SantaIndian National Congress
RayagadaNoneKammayya MandangiIndian National Congress
GunupurSTNarasimho PatroIndian National Congress
Sanyasi Charan PidikakaIndian National Congress
ParlakimediNoneNalla KurmunaikuluIndependent
R UdaigiriSTRam BhuyaIndian National Congress
DigapahandiSCMohana NayakIndian National Congress
Devi AnangacanjariIndian National Congress
BerhampurSCLingaraj PanigrahiIndian National Congress
Dandapani DasIndian National Congress
DuraNoneP. V. Jaganadha RaoIndian National Congress
ChatrapurNoneYatiraj ProharajIndian National Congress
KhalikoteNoneNarayan SahuIndependent
HinjiliNoneBrunadabano NayakIndian National Congress
Kodala WestNoneHariharo DasIndian National Congress
Kodala EastNoneRamchandro Mardaraj DevIndian National Congress
BhanjanagarSCGovinda PradhanCommunist Party of India
Suma NaikCommunist Party of India
AskaNoneHarihara DassCommunist Party of India
SurudaNoneBijayananda PatnaikIndian National Congress
BalligudaNoneLokanath PatraGanatantra Parishad
G UdaigiriNoneSarangadhar ProdhanGanatantra Parishad
PhulbaniSCAnirudha DipaGanatantra Parishad
Himanshu Shekhar PadhiGanatantra Parishad
BhawanipatnaSTKarunakar BhoiGanatantra Parishad
Pratap Keshari DeoGanatantra Parishad
KasipurSCKishore Chandra DeoGanatantra Parishad
Manikrai NaikGanatantra Parishad
DharmagarhSTJanardan MajhiGanatantra Parishad
Birakeshari DeoGanatantra Parishad
NawaparaSTAnupsingh DeoIndian National Congress
Ghasiram MajhiIndian National Congress
TitlagarhSCAchyutananda MahanandGanatantra Parishad
Rajendranarayan Singh DeoGanatantra Parishad
PatnagarhSTAinthu SahooGanatantra Parishad
Asharam BhoiGanatantra Parishad
LoisinghaNoneRam Prasad MisraGanatantra Parishad
BolangirSTNanda Kishore MisraGanatantra Parishad
Ramesh Chandra BhoiGanatantra Parishad
SonepurSCAnantaram NandaGanatantra Parishad
Daulata GandaGanatantra Parishad
PadampurSTB. B. S. BarihaIndian National Congress
L. M. S. BarihaGanatantra Parishad
BargarhSCMahanand BahadurGanatantra Parishad
Nikunja Bihari SinghGanatantra Parishad
BhatliNoneNatabar BanchhorCommunist Party of India
SambalpurSCLakshmiprasad MisraGanatantra Parishad
Ghasi BhikhariGanatantra Parishad
KatarbagaNonePurusottam PandaGanatantra Parishad
DeogarhSTRani Jyotimanjari DebiGanatantra Parishad
Jayadeb ThakurGanatantra Parishad
JharsugudaSTPani Bijaya KumarIndian National Congress
Naik ManoharGanatantra Parishad
SundergarhSTUdit Pratap Shekhar DeoGanatantra Parishad
Gangadhar PradhanGanatantra Parishad
RajgangpurSTShanti Prakas OramIndependent
BisraSTMunda NirmalIndependent
BonaiSTArjun NaikGanatantra Parishad
ChampuaSTNaik GurucharanGanatantra Parishad
Misra RajballavGanatantra Parishad
KeonjharSTJanardan Bhanj DeoGanatantra Parishad
Krushna Chandra MahapatraIndependent
AnandpurSCBirakishore JenaGanatantra Parishad
Upendranath JenaGanatantra Parishad
Pal LaharaNoneMrutyunjoy PalGanatantra Parishad
TalcherNonePabitra Mohan PradhanIndian National Congress
DheknanalSTKalia DehuriGanatantra Parishad
Sankarpratap Singdeo Mahendra Bahadur RajaGanatantra Parishad
AngulSCKumuda Chandra SinghIndependent
K NagarNoneRatnaprabha DeviGanatantra Parishad
Narendra Kumar NayakCommunist Party of India
AthmallikNoneKhetramohan PanigrahhiGanatantra Parishad
DaspallaSCSridhar NaikGanatantra Parishad
Raja Bahadur Kishore Chandra Deo BhanjIndian National Congress
KhandparaNoneHarihar Singh MardarajIndian National Congress
NayagarhNoneKrushna Ch. Singh MandhataIndependent
RanpurNoneBasant Manjari DeviIndian National Congress
BeguniaNoneSatyananda Champati RayIndian National Congress
KhurdaNonePrananath PattnaikCommunist Party of India
BhubaneswarNoneSatyapriya MohantyIndian National Congress
BrahmagiriNonePadma Charan Samanta SinharIndian National Congress
PuriNoneHarihar BahinipatiPraja Socialist Party
SatyabadiNoneNilakantha DasIndian National Congress
PipiliSCGopinath BhoiIndian National Congress
Ramchandra PattnaikIndependent
KakatpurSCBharat DasCommunist Party of India
Mohan DasCommunist Party of India
BankiNoneJogesh Chandra RoutIndian National Congress
BarambaNoneRani Saheba Kanaklata DebiGanatantra Parishad
AthgarhNoneRadhanath RathIndian National Congress
Cuttack CityNoneBiren MitraIndian National Congress
Cuttack SadarSCPunananda SamalIndian National Congress
Raj Krushna BoseIndian National Congress
JagatsinghpurSCNilamoni PradhanIndian National Congress
Kanduri Charan MalickPraja Socialist Party
SalepurSCBaidhar BeheraPraja Socialist Party
Pradipta Kishore DasPraja Socialist Party
BalikudaNoneBaikunthanath MohantyPraja Socialist Party
ErsamaNoneLokanath ChoudhuryCommunist Party of India
TirtolNoneNihamani KhuntiaPraja Socialist Party
PatkuraNoneLokanath MisraIndian National Congress
RajnagarNoneAnanta Charan TripathyIndependent
AulNoneRaja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja DeoIndian National Congress
KendraparaSCPrahalad MalikIndian National Congress
Dinabandhu SahuIndian National Congress
BinjharpurNoneBankabehari DasPraja Socialist Party
BarchanaNoneJadumoni MangarajIndian National Congress
DharmasalaSCMadan Mohan PatnayakIndian National Congress
Mayadhar SinhaIndian National Congress
JajpurSCGadadhar DuttaIndian National Congress
Santanukumar DasIndian National Congress
DhamanagarNoneMuralidhar JenaIndian National Congress
ChandbaliSCNandakishore JenaIndian National Congress
Nilamani RoutrayIndian National Congress
BhadrakNoneNityananda MohapatraIndependent
SoroSCChaitanya SethiIndian National Congress
Harekrushna MahatabIndian National Congress
NilgiriNoneNilambar DasIndian National Congress
BalasoreNoneRabindramohan DasPraja Socialist Party
BastaNoneAkshya Narayan PraharajIndian National Congress
BhograiNoneDurgasankar DasIndian National Congress
JaleswarNonePrasanna Kumar PalPraja Socialist Party
BaisingaSCPanchanan DasIndian National Congress
Prasannakumar DasPraja Socialist Party
UdalaNoneManmohan TuduIndian National Congress
KaranjiaNoneLal Saheb Nalin Chandra Bhanj DeoGanatantra Parishad
JashipurNoneMochiram TiriaGanatantra Parishad
RairangpurNoneHardev TriyaIndependent
BahaldaNoneSundarmohun HemromIndependent
BangiriposiNoneRadhamohan NaikGanatantra Parishad
BaripadaSTHarihar MohantyPraja Socialist Party
Samai MajhiIndependent

See also

References

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