1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1957 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

| country = India

| type = Legislative

| ongoing = No

| previous_election = 1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1952

| next_election = 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 1961

| election_date = 1957

| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 71

| party1 = Indian National Congress

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg|bSize=130|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=15|oTop=12}}

| leader1 = Harekrushna Mahatab

| leaders_seat1 = Soro

| seats1 = 56

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 11

| popular_vote1 = 16,28,180

| percentage1 = 38.26

| swing1 = {{increase}} 0.39

| party2 = Ganatantra Parishad

| image2 =

AIGP

| leader2 =

| leaders_seat2 = -

| seats2 = 51

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 20

| popular_vote2 = 12,23,014

| percentage2 = 28.74

| swing2 = {{increase}} 8.24

| title = CM

| before_election = Nabakrushna Choudhury

| before_party = Indian National Congress

| after_election = Harekrushna Mahatab

| after_party = Indian National Congress

}}

Elections to the second Orissa 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 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, 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. Harekrushna Mahatab succeeded Nabakrushna Choudhury as the Chief Minister of the state.

Results

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Orrisa_1957.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2015-07-26}} |sortable=yes}}

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"

!colspan=2|Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! Net Change
in seats !! % of
Seats

! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in
vote %

|- style="background: #90EE90;"

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|

| 140 || 56 || {{decrease}} 11 || 40.00 || 16,28,180 || 38.26 || {{increase}} 0.39

|-

| {{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}

|

| 109 || 51 || {{increase}} 20 || 36.43 || 12,23,014 || 28.74 || {{increase}} 8.24

|-

| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

|

| 46 || 11 || New || 7.86 || 4,42,508 || 10.40 || New

|-

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

| 35px

| 43 || 9 || {{increase}} 2 || 6.43 || 3,57,659 || 8.40 || {{increase}} 2.78

|-

| {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}

|

| 179 || 13 || {{decrease}} 11 || 9.29 || 6,04,652 || 14.21 || N/A

|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"

! colspan = 3|

! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 ({{steady}} 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 1,24,67,800 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|42,56,013 (34.14%)

|}

Elected members

class="wikitable sortable"

!Constituency

!Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)

!Member

!colspan=2|Party

OmerkoteNoneRadhakrishna Biswas Roy{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Nowrangpurrowspan=2| SCSadasiva Tripathy{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Harijan Miru{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Jeypurrowspan=2| SCHarihar Mishra{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Laichan Naik{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
MalkangiriNoneMadakami Guru{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
PadwaNoneLaxmana Goudo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
KoraputNoneLacmana Pujari{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
PottangiNoneMallu Santa{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
RayagadaNoneKammayya Mandangi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Gunupurrowspan=2| STNarasimho Patro{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
ParlakimediNoneNalla Kurmunaikulu{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
R UdaigiriSTRam Bhuya{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Digapahandirowspan=2| SCMohana Nayak{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Devi Anangacanjari{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Berhampurrowspan=2| SCLingaraj Panigrahi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Dandapani Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
DuraNoneP. V. Jaganadha Rao{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
ChatrapurNoneYatiraj Proharaj{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
KhalikoteNoneNarayan Sahu{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
HinjiliNoneBrunadabano Nayak{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Kodala WestNoneHariharo Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Kodala EastNoneRamchandro Mardaraj Dev{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Bhanjanagarrowspan=2| SCGovinda Pradhan{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
Suma Naik{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
AskaNoneHarihara Dass{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
SurudaNoneBijayananda Patnaik{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BalligudaNoneLokanath Patra{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
G UdaigiriNoneSarangadhar Prodhan{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Phulbanirowspan=2| SCAnirudha Dipa{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Himanshu Shekhar Padhi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Bhawanipatnarowspan=2| STKarunakar Bhoi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Pratap Keshari Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Kasipurrowspan=2| SCKishore Chandra Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Manikrai Naik{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Dharmagarhrowspan=2| STJanardan Majhi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Birakeshari Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Nawapararowspan=2| STAnupsingh Deo{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Ghasiram Majhi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Titlagarhrowspan=2| SCAchyutananda Mahanand{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Rajendranarayan Singh Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Patnagarhrowspan=2| STAinthu Sahoo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Asharam Bhoi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
LoisinghaNoneRam Prasad Misra{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Bolangirrowspan=2| STNanda Kishore Misra{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Ramesh Chandra Bhoi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Sonepurrowspan=2| SCAnantaram Nanda{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Daulata Ganda{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Padampurrowspan=2| STB. B. S. Bariha{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
L. M. S. Bariha{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Bargarhrowspan=2| SCMahanand Bahadur{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Nikunja Bihari Singh{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
BhatliNoneNatabar Banchhor{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
rowspan=2| Sambalpurrowspan=2| SCLakshmiprasad Misra{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Ghasi Bhikhari{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
KatarbagaNonePurusottam Panda{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Deogarhrowspan=2| STRani Jyotimanjari Debi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Jayadeb Thakur{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Jharsugudarowspan=2| STPani Bijaya Kumar{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Naik Manohar{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Sundergarhrowspan=2| STUdit Pratap Shekhar Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Gangadhar Pradhan{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
RajgangpurSTShanti Prakas Oram{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
BisraSTMunda Nirmal{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
BonaiSTArjun Naik{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Champuarowspan=2| STNaik Gurucharan{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Misra Rajballav{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Keonjharrowspan=2| STJanardan Bhanj Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Krushna Chandra Mahapatra{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
rowspan=2| Anandpurrowspan=2| SCBirakishore Jena{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Upendranath Jena{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Pal LaharaNoneMrutyunjoy Pal{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
TalcherNonePabitra Mohan Pradhan{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Dheknanalrowspan=2| STKalia Dehuri{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Sankarpratap Singdeo Mahendra Bahadur Raja{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
AngulSCKumuda Chandra Singh{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
rowspan=2| K Nagarrowspan=2| NoneRatnaprava Devi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Narendra Kumar Nayak{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
AthmallikNoneKhetramohan Panigrahhi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Daspallarowspan=2| SCSridhar Naik{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
Raja Bahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
KhandparaNoneHarihar Singh Mardaraj{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
NayagarhNoneKrushna Ch. Singh Mandhata{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
RanpurNoneBasant Manjari Devi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BeguniaNoneSatyananda Champati Ray{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
KhurdaNonePrananath Pattnaik{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
BhubaneswarNoneSatyapriya Mohanty{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BrahmagiriNonePadma Charan Samanta Sinhar{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
PuriNoneHarihar Bahinipati{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
SatyabadiNoneNilakantha Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Pipilirowspan=2| SCGopinath Bhoi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Ramchandra Pattnaik{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
rowspan=2| Kakatpurrowspan=2| SCBharat Das{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
Mohan Das{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
BankiNoneJogesh Chandra Rout{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BarambaNoneRani Saheba Kanaklata Debi{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
AthgarhNoneRadhanath Rath{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Cuttack CityNoneBiren Mitra{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Cuttack Sadarrowspan=2| SCPunananda Samal{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Raj Krushna Bose{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Jagatsinghpurrowspan=2| SCNilamoni Pradhan{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Kanduri Charan Malick{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
rowspan=2| Salepurrowspan=2| SCBaidhar Behera{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
Pradipta Kishore Das{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
BalikudaNoneBaikunthanath Mohanty{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
ErsamaNoneLokanath Choudhury{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
TirtolNoneNihamani Khuntia{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
PatkuraNoneLokanath Misra{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
RajnagarNoneAnanta Charan Tripathy{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
AulNoneRaja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Kendrapararowspan=2| SCPrahalad Malik{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Dinabandhu Sahu{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BinjharpurNoneBankabehari Das{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
BarchanaNoneJadumoni Mangaraj{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Dharmasalarowspan=2| SCMadan Mohan Patnayak{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Mayadhar Sinha{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Jajpurrowspan=2| SCGadadhar Dutta{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Santanukumar Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
DhamanagarNoneMuralidhar Jena{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
rowspan=2| Chandbalirowspan=2| SCNandakishore Jena{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Nilamani Routray{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BhadrakNoneNityananda Mohapatra{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
rowspan=2| Sororowspan=2| SCChaitanya Sethi{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Harekrushna Mahatab{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
NilgiriNoneNilambar Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BalasoreNoneRabindramohan Das{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
BastaNoneAkshya Narayan Praharaj{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
BhograiNoneDurgasankar Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
JaleswarNonePrasanna Kumar Pal{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
rowspan=2| Baisingarowspan=2| SCPanchanan Das{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
Prasannakumar Das{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
UdalaNoneManmohan Tudu{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
KaranjiaNoneLal Saheb Nalin Chandra Bhanj Deo{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
JashipurNoneMochiram Tiria{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
RairangpurNoneHardev Triya{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
BahaldaNoneSundarmohun Hemrom{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
BangiriposiNoneRadhamohan Naik{{Full party name with color|Ganatantra Parishad}}
rowspan=2| Baripadarowspan=2| STHarihar Mohanty{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
Samai Majhi{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

See also

References