Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952
India
27 March 1952
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 1951-1952
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nabakrushna Choudhury -
Party INC All India Ganatantra Parishad
Leader's seat Barchana -
Seats won 67 31
Chief Minister before election

Nabakrushna Choudhury
INC

 Chief Minister


* Nabakrushna Choudhury
(1952 - 19 Oct. 1956)
* Harekrushna Mahatab
(19 Oct. 1956 - 6 Apr. 1957)
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held on March 27, 1952. This election was officially known as 1951 Odisha 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 Gantantra 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]

Results

 Summary of results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952 [1]
Political party Flag Seats
Contested 		Won % of
Seats 		Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 135 67 47.86 13,92,501 37.87
Socialist Party 79 10 7.14 4,32,731 11.77
All India Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 22.14 7,53,685 20.50
Communist Party of India 33 7 5.00 2,06,757 5.62
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 2 1 0.72 12,874 0.35
Independent 204 24 17.14 8,43,446 22.94
Total seats 140 Voters 1,07,53,175 Turnout 36,77,046 (34.19 %)

Government Formation

In these elections, Congress emerged as the largest party, but didn't got 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
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