1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the second Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 1957.^[1] The Congress won only 40% of total seats, hence could not get majority. It formed a coalition govt. with the PSP and 4 independents.

1957 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   AIGP Leader Harekrushna Mahatab Party INC AIGP Leader's seat Soro - Seats won 56 51 Seat change 11 20 Popular vote 16,28,180 12,23,014 Percentage 38.26 28.74 Swing 0.39 8.24
CM before election Nabakrushna Choudhury INC Elected CM Harekrushna Mahatab INC+

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.^[1]

Political parties

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Congress and Praja Socialist Party 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.^[1] Harekrushna Mahatab succeeded Nabakrushna Choudhury as the Chief Minister of the state.

Results

Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[1]

Party		Flag	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
	Indian National Congress		140	56	11	40.00	16,28,180	38.26	0.39
	Ganatantra Parishad		109	51	20	36.43	12,23,014	28.74	8.24
	Praja Socialist Party		46	11	New	7.86	4,42,508	10.40	New
	Communist Party of India		43	9	2	6.43	3,57,659	8.40	2.78
	Independent politician		179	13	11	9.29	6,04,652	14.21	N/A
			Total Seats	140 ( 0)	Voters	1,24,67,800	Turnout	42,56,013 (34.14%)

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Omerkote	None	Radhakrishna Biswas Roy		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	SC	Sadasiva Tripathy		Indian National Congress
		Harijan Miru		Indian National Congress
Jeypur	SC	Harihar Mishra		Ganatantra Parishad
		Laichan Naik		Ganatantra Parishad
Malkangiri	None	Madakami Guru		Ganatantra Parishad
Padwa	None	Laxmana Goudo		Ganatantra Parishad
Koraput	None	Lacmana Pujari		Ganatantra Parishad
Pottangi	None	Mallu Santa		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	None	Kammayya Mandangi		Indian National Congress
Gunupur	ST	Narasimho Patro		Indian National Congress
		Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka		Indian National Congress
Parlakimedi	None	Nalla Kurmunaikulu		Independent
R Udaigiri	ST	Ram Bhuya		Indian National Congress
Digapahandi	SC	Mohana Nayak		Indian National Congress
		Devi Anangacanjari		Indian National Congress
Berhampur	SC	Lingaraj Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
		Dandapani Das		Indian National Congress
Dura	None	P. V. Jaganadha Rao		Indian National Congress
Chatrapur	None	Yatiraj Proharaj		Indian National Congress
Khalikote	None	Narayan Sahu		Independent
Hinjili	None	Brunadabano Nayak		Indian National Congress
Kodala West	None	Hariharo Das		Indian National Congress
Kodala East	None	Ramchandro Mardaraj Dev		Indian National Congress
Bhanjanagar	SC	Govinda Pradhan		Communist Party of India
		Suma Naik		Communist Party of India
Aska	None	Harihara Dass		Communist Party of India
Suruda	None	Bijayananda Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Balliguda	None	Lokanath Patra		Ganatantra Parishad
G Udaigiri	None	Sarangadhar Prodhan		Ganatantra Parishad
Phulbani	SC	Anirudha Dipa		Ganatantra Parishad
		Himanshu Shekhar Padhi		Ganatantra Parishad
Bhawanipatna	ST	Karunakar Bhoi		Ganatantra Parishad
		Pratap Keshari Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
Kasipur	SC	Kishore Chandra Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
		Manikrai Naik		Ganatantra Parishad
Dharmagarh	ST	Janardan Majhi		Ganatantra Parishad
		Birakeshari Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
Nawapara	ST	Anupsingh Deo		Indian National Congress
		Ghasiram Majhi		Indian National Congress
Titlagarh	SC	Achyutananda Mahanand		Ganatantra Parishad
		Rajendranarayan Singh Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
Patnagarh	ST	Ainthu Sahoo		Ganatantra Parishad
		Asharam Bhoi		Ganatantra Parishad
Loisingha	None	Ram Prasad Misra		Ganatantra Parishad
Bolangir	ST	Nanda Kishore Misra		Ganatantra Parishad
		Ramesh Chandra Bhoi		Ganatantra Parishad
Sonepur	SC	Anantaram Nanda		Ganatantra Parishad
		Daulata Ganda		Ganatantra Parishad
Padampur	ST	B. B. S. Bariha		Indian National Congress
		L. M. S. Bariha		Ganatantra Parishad
Bargarh	SC	Mahanand Bahadur		Ganatantra Parishad
		Nikunja Bihari Singh		Ganatantra Parishad
Bhatli	None	Natabar Banchhor		Communist Party of India
Sambalpur	SC	Lakshmiprasad Misra		Ganatantra Parishad
		Ghasi Bhikhari		Ganatantra Parishad
Katarbaga	None	Purusottam Panda		Ganatantra Parishad
Deogarh	ST	Rani Jyotimanjari Debi		Ganatantra Parishad
		Jayadeb Thakur		Ganatantra Parishad
Jharsuguda	ST	Pani Bijaya Kumar		Indian National Congress
		Naik Manohar		Ganatantra Parishad
Sundergarh	ST	Udit Pratap Shekhar Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
		Gangadhar Pradhan		Ganatantra Parishad
Rajgangpur	ST	Shanti Prakas Oram		Independent
Bisra	ST	Munda Nirmal		Independent
Bonai	ST	Arjun Naik		Ganatantra Parishad
Champua	ST	Naik Gurucharan		Ganatantra Parishad
		Misra Rajballav		Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar	ST	Janardan Bhanj Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
		Krushna Chandra Mahapatra		Independent
Anandpur	SC	Birakishore Jena		Ganatantra Parishad
		Upendranath Jena		Ganatantra Parishad
Pal Lahara	None	Mrutyunjoy Pal		Ganatantra Parishad
Talcher	None	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Dheknanal	ST	Kalia Dehuri		Ganatantra Parishad
		Sankarpratap Singdeo Mahendra Bahadur Raja		Ganatantra Parishad
Angul	SC	Kumuda Chandra Singh		Independent
K Nagar	None	Ratnaprava Devi		Ganatantra Parishad
		Narendra Kumar Nayak		Communist Party of India
Athmallik	None	Khetramohan Panigrahhi		Ganatantra Parishad
Daspalla	SC	Sridhar Naik		Ganatantra Parishad
		Raja Bahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj		Indian National Congress
Khandpara	None	Harihar Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress
Nayagarh	None	Krushna Ch. Singh Mandhata		Independent
Ranpur	None	Basant Manjari Devi		Indian National Congress
Begunia	None	Satyananda Champati Ray		Indian National Congress
Khurda	None	Prananath Pattnaik		Communist Party of India
Bhubaneswar	None	Satyapriya Mohanty		Indian National Congress
Brahmagiri	None	Padma Charan Samanta Sinhar		Indian National Congress
Puri	None	Harihar Bahinipati		Praja Socialist Party
Satyabadi	None	Nilakantha Das		Indian National Congress
Pipili	SC	Gopinath Bhoi		Indian National Congress
		Ramchandra Pattnaik		Independent
Kakatpur	SC	Bharat Das		Communist Party of India
		Mohan Das		Communist Party of India
Banki	None	Jogesh Chandra Rout		Indian National Congress
Baramba	None	Rani Saheba Kanaklata Debi		Ganatantra Parishad
Athgarh	None	Radhanath Rath		Indian National Congress
Cuttack City	None	Biren Mitra		Indian National Congress
Cuttack Sadar	SC	Punananda Samal		Indian National Congress
		Raj Krushna Bose		Indian National Congress
Jagatsinghpur	SC	Nilamoni Pradhan		Indian National Congress
		Kanduri Charan Malick		Praja Socialist Party
Salepur	SC	Baidhar Behera		Praja Socialist Party
		Pradipta Kishore Das		Praja Socialist Party
Balikuda	None	Baikunthanath Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
Ersama	None	Lokanath Choudhury		Communist Party of India
Tirtol	None	Nihamani Khuntia		Praja Socialist Party
Patkura	None	Lokanath Misra		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	None	Ananta Charan Tripathy		Independent
Aul	None	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo		Indian National Congress
Kendrapara	SC	Prahalad Malik		Indian National Congress
		Dinabandhu Sahu		Indian National Congress
Binjharpur	None	Bankabehari Das		Praja Socialist Party
Barchana	None	Jadumoni Mangaraj		Indian National Congress
Dharmasala	SC	Madan Mohan Patnayak		Indian National Congress
		Mayadhar Sinha		Indian National Congress
Jajpur	SC	Gadadhar Dutta		Indian National Congress
		Santanukumar Das		Indian National Congress
Dhamanagar	None	Muralidhar Jena		Indian National Congress
Chandbali	SC	Nandakishore Jena		Indian National Congress
		Nilamani Routray		Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	None	Nityananda Mohapatra		Independent
Soro	SC	Chaitanya Sethi		Indian National Congress
		Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress
Nilgiri	None	Nilambar Das		Indian National Congress
Balasore	None	Rabindramohan Das		Praja Socialist Party
Basta	None	Akshya Narayan Praharaj		Indian National Congress
Bhograi	None	Durgasankar Das		Indian National Congress
Jaleswar	None	Prasanna Kumar Pal		Praja Socialist Party
Baisinga	SC	Panchanan Das		Indian National Congress
		Prasannakumar Das		Praja Socialist Party
Udala	None	Manmohan Tudu		Indian National Congress
Karanjia	None	Lal Saheb Nalin Chandra Bhanj Deo		Ganatantra Parishad
Jashipur	None	Mochiram Tiria		Ganatantra Parishad
Rairangpur	None	Hardev Triya		Independent
Bahalda	None	Sundarmohun Hemrom		Independent
Bangiriposi	None	Radhamohan Naik		Ganatantra Parishad
Baripada	ST	Harihar Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
		Samai Majhi		Independent

See also

• 1957 elections in India
• 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election