1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 1951-1952 71 seats needed for a majority
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 the 1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.

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 while All India Gantantra Parishad emerged as the main opponent to the Congress party.

Results

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	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
Template:Party name with colour		204	24	17.14	8,43,446	22.94
Total seats			140	Voters	1,07,53,175	Turnout	36,77,046 (34.19%)

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Winners

S.No	Constituency	Elected MLA	Party		Remarks
Koraput District
1	001-Malkangiri	Late Laxman Gouda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
2	002-Padua	Late Ganeswar Mohapatra		All India Ganatantra Parishad
3	003-Nowrangpur	Late Sadasiba Tripathy		Indian National Congress
4	003-Nowrangpur (ST)	Late Mudi Naiko		Indian National Congress
5	004-Jeypore	Late Harihar Mishra		All India Ganatantra Parishad
6	004-Jeypore (SC)	Late Laichhan Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
7	005-Koraput (ST)	Shri Ganga Muduli		All India Ganatantra Parishad
8	006-Nandapur	Late Bhagaban Khemundu Naik		Indian National Congress
9	007-Raygada (ST)	Late Mandangi Kamaya		All India Ganatantra Parishad
10	008-Bissam-Cuttack (ST)	Late Syamaghana Ulaka		All India Ganatantra Parishad
11	009-Gunupur (ST)	Late Bhaghirathi Gomango (Timitri)		All India Ganatantra Parishad	By-Poll
12	009-Gunupur(ST)	Late Soboro Dumba		All India Ganatantra Parishad
27	018-Bhawanipatna	Late Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Phulbani District
13	010-Balliguda	Late Jadaba Padra		Indian National Congress
14	011-Phulbani-Udayagiri	Late Sadanada Sahu		Independent
15	011-Phulbani-Udayagiri (ST)	Late Balakrishna Mallick		Independent
16	011-Phulbani-Udayagiri (ST)	Late Sarangdhar Pradhan		All India Ganatantra Parishad	By-Poll
17	012-Baudh	Late Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Independent
18	012-Baudh	Late Himansu Sekhar Padhi		Independent
Dhenkanal District
18	013-Athmallik	Shri Dwitiya Roul		Independent
19	013-Athmallik	Shri Raja Kishore Chandra Deo		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
20	014-Angul-Hindol	Late Hrushikesh Tripathi		Indian National Congress
21	014-Angul-Hindol (SC)	Shri Arkhit Naik		Indian National Congress
22	015-Talcher	Late Pabitra Mohan Pradhan		Indian National Congress
23	016-Pal-Lakhra-K. Nagar	Late Mahesh Chandra Subahu Singh		Indian National Congress
24	016-Pal-Lakhra-K. Nagar (SC)	Late Baidhar Naik		Indian National Congress
25	017-Dhenkanal	Late Baisnab Charan Patnaik		Communist
26	017-Dhenkanal (ST)	Late Madan Dehuri		Communist
Kalahandi District
28	018-Bhawanipatna (ST)	Late Janardhan Majhi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
29	019-Jaipatna-Kasipur(ST)	Late Jhajuru Jhodia		Indian National Congress
30	020-Junagarh	Late Pratap Keshari Deo (Bhawanipatna)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
31	020-Junagarh (SC)	Late Dayanidhi Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
32	021-Nawapara	Late Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress
33	021-Nawapara (ST)	Late Chaitan Majhi		Indian National Congress
Bolangir District
34	022-Titilagarh	Late Muralidhar Panda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
35	022-Titilagarh (ST)	Late Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
36	023-Patnagarh	Shri Arjun Das (PGarh)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
37	023-Patnagarh (ST)	Late Ganesh Ram Bariah		All India Ganatantra Parishad
38	024-Bolangir	Late Nandakishore Mishra		All India Ganatantra Parishad
39	024-Bolangir	Late Nandakishore Mishra		All India Ganatantra Parishad	By-Poll
40	024-Bolangir (SC)	Late Achyutananda Mahananda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
41	025-Sonepur	Late Anantaram Nanda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
42	026-Binika	Shri Baikuntha Nepak		All India Ganatantra Parishad
43	027-Birmaharajpur	Late Achyutananda Mahananda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sambalpur District
44	028-Padampur	Late Anirudha Mishra		Independent
45	028-Padampur	Late Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
46	028-Padampur (ST)	Late Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha		Indian National Congress
47	029-Baragarh	Late Tirthabasi Pradhan		Indian National Congress
48	030-Attabira	Late Bipin Bihari Das (Attabira)		Indian National Congress
49	031-Sohella	Late Bhikari Sahu		Indian National Congress
50	031-Sohella (SC)	Shri Bisi Bibhar		Indian National Congress
51	032-Ambabhona-Mura	Shri Makardhwaj Pradhan		Socialist Party
52	033-Sambalpur-Rairakhol	Late Sradhakar Supakar		All India Ganatantra Parishad
53	033-Sambalpur-Rairakhol (SC)	Shri Bhikari Ghasi		All India Ganatantra Parishad
54	034-Jharsuguda-Rampella	Late Bijoy Kumar Pani		Indian National Congress
55	034-Jharsuguda-Rampella (ST)	Shri Manohar Singh Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
56	035-Bamra	Late Haraprasad Deb		All India Ganatantra Parishad
57	035-Bamra	Late Indu Bhushan Mahanti		All India Ganatantra Parishad	By-Poll
58	035-Bamra (ST)	Late Jayadev Thakur		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Sundargarh District
59	036-Sundargarh	Late Krupanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress
60	036-Sundargarh (SC)	Late Dwarikanath Kusum		All India Ganatantra Parishad
61	037-Rajgangpur (ST)	Late Agapit Lakra		Indian National Congress
62	038-Bisra (ST)	Late Madan Mohan Amat		Indian National Congress
63	039-Bonai (ST)	Late Nilamani Singh Dandapat		All India Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar District
64	040-Champua (ST)	Shri Guru Charan Naik		All India Ganatantra Parishad
65	041-Keonjhar	Late Laxmi Narayan Bhanjdeo		Independent
66	041-Keonjhar (ST)	Late Govinda Chandra Munda		All India Ganatantra Parishad
67	042-Anandapur	Late Janardan Bhanj Deo		Independent
68	042-Anandapur (SC)	Late Bhaiga Sethi		Independent
Mayurbhanj District
69	043-Panchpir	Shri Biswanath Sahu (Panchpir)		All India Ganatantra Parishad
70	043-Panchpir (SC)	Late Ghasiram Sandil		Independent
71	044-Kaptipada (ST)	Late Harachand Hansada		Socialist Party
72	045-Khunta(ST)	Late Sakila Soren		Socialist Party
73	046-Baripada	Late Girish Chandra Roy		Socialist Party
74	046-Baripada (SC)	Shri Surendra Singh		Indian National Congress
75	047-Bahalda (ST)	Late Sonaram Soren		Indian National Congress
76	048-Rairangpur (ST)	Late Haradeb Triya		Indian National Congress
77	049-Bangriposhi (ST)	Late Jadav Majhi (B.Posi)		Indian National Congress
78	050-Muruda	Late Prasanna Kumar Das (Baripada)		Socialist Party
Balasore District
79	051-Jaleswar	Late Karunakar Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
80	052-Bhograi	Late Sashikanta Bhanj		Independent
81	053-Basta	Late Trilochan Senapati		Indian National Congress
82	054-Soro	Late Nandakishore Das		Indian National Congress
83	055-Balasore	Late Surendra Nath Das		Indian National Congress
84	056-Nilgiri	Late Nilambar Das		Indian National Congress
85	056-Nilgiri (SC)	Late Chaitanya Prasad Sethi		Indian National Congress
86	057-Bhadrak	Late Mahamad Hanif		Indian National Congress
87	058-Banth	Late Gokulananda Mohanty		Indian National Congress
88	059-Dhamnagar	Late Nilamani Routray		Indian National Congress
89	060-Chandbali	Late Chakradhar Behera		Indian National Congress
90	060-Chandbali (SC)	Late Brundabana Das		Indian National Congress
Cuttack District
91	061-Sukinda	Late Narayan Chandra Pati		Praja Socialist Party	By-Poll
92	061-Sukinda	Late Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra		Independent
93	062-Jajpur	Late Gadadhar Das		Indian National Congress
94	062-Jajpur (SC)	Late Santanu Kumar Das		Indian National Congress
95	063-Dharamsala	Late Paramanada Mohanty		Socialist Party
96	064-Binjharpur	Late Padmanava Roy		Indian National Congress
97	064-Binjharpur (SC)	Late Naba Kishore Mallick		Indian National Congress
98	064-Barchana	Late Nabakrushna Chaudhury		Indian National Congress
99	066-Aul	Late Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo		Independent
100	067-Patamundai	Late Ram Raj Kumari		Independent
101	068-Rajnagar	Late Saraswati Devi		Indian National Congress
102	069-Kendrapara	Late Dinabandhu Sahoo		Indian National Congress
103	069-Kendrapara	Late Purusottam Nayak (Kendrapara)		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
104	070-Patkura	Late Lokanath Mishra (Patkura)		Indian National Congress
105	071-Tirtol	Late Nishamani Khuntia		Socialist Party
106	072-Ersama	Late Gourishyam Naik		Indian National Congress
107	073-Balikuda	Late Prana Krushna Parija		Independent
108	074-Jagatsinghpur	Late Nilamani Pradhan		Indian National Congress
109	075-Kissennagar	Late Rajkrushna Bose		Indian National Congress
110	076-Salepur	Late Surendranath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
111	076-Salepur (SC)	Late Purnanda Samal		Indian National Congress
112	077-Mahanga	Late Pradipta Kishore Das		Praja Socialist Party	By-Poll
113	077-Mahanga	Shri Mahammad Attahar		Indian National Congress
114	078-Cuttack Town	Late Biren Mitra		Indian National Congress
115	079-Cuttack Rural	Late Bhairab Chandra Mohanty		Indian National Congress
116	079-Cuttack Rural (SC)	Late Laxman Mallick		Indian National Congress
117	080-Banki	Late Gokulanand Praharaj		Socialist Party
118	081-Narasinghpur	Late Brundaban Sahu		All India Ganatantra Parishad
119	082-Athgarh	Late Radhanath Rath		Indian National Congress
Puri District
120	083-Kakatpur Nimapara	Late Upendra Mohanty		Indian National Congress
121	083-Kakatpur Nimapara (SC)	Late Gobinda Chandra Sethi		Indian National Congress
122	084-Satyabadi	Late Nilakantha Das		Independent
123	085-Pipili	Late Jayakrushna Mohanty		Indian National Congress
124	086-Puri	Late Fakir Charan Das		Socialist Party
125	087-Bramhagiri	Late Biswanath Parida		Independent
126	088-Banpur	Late Godavaris Mishra		Independent
127	089-Bhubaneswar	Late Satapriya Mohanty		Indian National Congress
128	089-Bhubaneswar	Late Satapriya Mohanty		Indian National Congress
129	089-Bhubaneswar (SC)	Late Kanhu Mallik		Indian National Congress
130	089-Bhubaneswar (SC)	Late Kanhu Mallik		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
131	090-Khurda	Late Madhab Chandra Routray		Indian National Congress
132	091-Begunia	Late Gangadhar Paikray		Communist Party of India
133	092-Ranpur	Late Basant Manjari Devi		Indian National Congress
134	093-Nayagarh	Shri Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata		Independent
135	094-Khandapara	Late Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardraj Bhramabara Roy		Independent
136	095-Daspalla	Late Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj		Indian National Congress
Ganjam District
137	096-Jaganathprasad	Late Biju Patnaik		Indian National Congress
138	097-Russelkonda	Late Dinabandhu Behera		Indian National Congress
139	098-Aska	Late Harihar Das (Aska)		Communist
140	098-Aska (SC)	Late Mohan Naik (Aska)		Communist Party of India
141	099-Khallikote	Late Ramachandra Mardaraj Dev		Independent
142	100-Kodala	Late Banamali Mahrana		Socialist Party
143	101-Purusottampur	Late Harihar Das (P.Pur)		Indian National Congress
144	102-Chatrapur	Late Sitaramaya V.		Independent
145	103-Pattapur	Late Govind Pradhan		Communist
146	104-Berhampur	Late Brundaban Nayak		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
147	104-Berhampur	Shri Ramachandra Mishra		Independent
148	104-Berhampur (SC)	Late Mohan Nayak (Berhampur)		Indian National Congress	By-Poll
149	104-Berhampur (SC)	Shri Dandapani Das		Independent
150	105-Patrapur	Late Dibakar Patnaik		Forward Block Marxist
151	106-Parlakhelmundi	Late Jaganath Mishra (Parala)		Communist
152	106-Parlakhelmundi (ST)	Late Apenna Dora Biswasrai		Independent
153	107-Udayagiri-Mohana (ST)	Late 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. Nabakrushna Choudhuri of the Congress party became the first Chief Minister of Odisha, after a series of re-alignments among independents.

See also

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