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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.


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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Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...
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Pursharathi Panchayat Pursharathi Panchayat ( hi, पुरुषारथी पंचायत) was a political party in India. The party was formed by Partition refugees from Sindh in June 1951.Sadasivan, S. N. Party and Democracy in India'. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-H ...
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Winners


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

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1951–52 elections in India This article is about the first election held in Independent India in 1955 Presidential election The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 67 ...
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1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Elections to the second Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1957. 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 10 ...


References

{{Odisha elections State Assembly elections in Odisha Orissa 1950s in Orissa March 1952 events in Asia