Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952

Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952

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.

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.

Results

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 Summary of results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1952

	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

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