Elections to the second
Orissa Legislative Assembly
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative As ...
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 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.
Political parties
Three national parties,
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...
,
Congress
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and
Praja Socialist Party
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the ...
along with the state party
Ganatantra Parishad took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the single largest party, but not a clear majority by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 38.26% it formed again a coalition govt.
Harekrushna Mahatab
Harekrushna Mahatab (born Harekrushna Das, 21 November 1899 – 2 January 1987) was the leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and from 1956 ...
succeeded
Nabakrushna Choudhury
Nabakrushna Choudhury (also spelled Nabakrushna Choudhuri; 23 November 1901 – 24 June 1984) was an Indian politician and activist. He served as Chief Minister of the Indian state of Odisha. He was a freedom fighter who participated in the N ...
as the
Chief Minister
A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...
of the state.
Results
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!colspan=2, Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %
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, 140 , , 56 , , 11 , , 40.00 , , 16,28,180 , , 38.26 , , 0.39
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, 109 , , 51 , , 20 , , 36.43 , , 12,23,014 , , 28.74 , , 8.24
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, 46 , , 11 , , ''New'' , , 7.86 , , 4,42,508 , , 10.40 , , ''New''
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, 43 , , 9 , , 2 , , 6.43 , , 3,57,659 , , 8.40 , , 2.78
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, 179 , , 13 , , 11 , , 9.29 , , 6,04,652 , , 14.21 , , N/A
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! colspan = 3,
! style="text-align:center;" , Total Seats !! 140 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 1,24,67,800 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! colspan = 2, 42,56,013 (34.14%)
Elected members
See also
*
1957 elections in India
Presidential election
The Election Commission of India held the second presidential elections of India on May 6, 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his nearest rival Chowdhry Hari Ram.
General electi ...
*
1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
References
{{Odisha elections
State Assembly elections in Odisha
Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...
1950s in Orissa