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1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

27 March 1952
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All 107 constituencies but 140 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.36%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Nabakrushna Choudhury Sraddhakara Supakara
Party INC GNP
Leader's seat Barchana Sambalpur-Rairakhol
Seats won 67 31
Popular vote 13,92,501 7,53,685
Percentage 37.87% 22.50%

Elected CM

Nabakrushna Choudhury
INC

Indian administrative divisions, as of 1951

Elections to the Orissa Legislative Assembly held on 27 March 1952 were the first assembly elections in Orissa. This election was officially known as the 1951 Orissa Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.[1]

Political parties

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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 but without clear majority while All India Gantantra Parishad emerged as the main opponent to the Congress party.[1]

Constituencies and Electorate

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Constituencies

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The 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election comprised a total of 107 constituencies. Of these, 91 were General constituencies and 16 were reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST). The General constituencies included 58 single-member seats and 33 double-member seats, while all 16 ST constituencies were single-member.

The constituency with the fewest contestants was Balligudda, with only one candidate, while the constituency with the most contestants was Aska, with 15 candidates.[1]

Electorate

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The total number of registered electors for the election was 7,598,161. Of this, 6,730,261 electors were from the General constituencies, and 867,900 were from the ST constituencies.[1]

Results

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Summary of results of the 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election[1]
Parties Symbol Seats Contested Seats Won Votes % of votes
National Parties
Indian National Congress 135 67 13,92,501 37.87%
Socialist Party 79 10 4,32,731 11.77%
Communist Party of India 33 7 2,06,757 5.62%
Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) 2 1 12,874 0.35%
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party 7 0 16,948 0.46%
Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) 1 0 2,779 0.08%
State Parties
All India Ganatantra Parishad 58 31 7,53,685 20.50%
Registered (Unrecognised) Parties
Peoples Independent Party 1 0 11,895 0.32%
Pursharathi Panchayat 1 0 1,841 0.05%
Radical Democrat Party 1 0 1,589 0.04%
Independents
Independent 204 24 8,43,446 22.94%
Total 140 36,77,046 100%

Elected members

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# Constituency Winner Runner Up
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
Koraput District
1 Malkangiri Laxman Gouda AIGP 6,090 51.28 Radhamohan Sahu INC 3,244 27.32
2 Padua Ganeswar Mohapatra AIGP 9,982 60.46 Kailash Chandra Nanda INC 5,970 36.16
3 Nowrangpur Sadasiba Tripathy INC 40,626 65.95 Rama Chandra Chodhury AIGP 18,358 29.80
Nowrangpur (ST) Mudi Naiko INC Elected uncontested as only ST Candidate
4 Jeypur Harihar Mishra AIGP 19,076 28.27 Biayadhar Singh Deo INC 16,045 23.78
Jeypur (ST) Laichhan Naik AIGP 13,856 20.54 Dulova Hontal INC 12,136 17.99
5 Koraput (ST) Ganga Muduli AIGP 7,404 65.03 R. Ch. Naik INC 3,982 34.97
6 Nandapur Bhagaban Khemundu Naik INC 8,132 48.85 Biswanath Uttarkabat AIGP 5,887 35.36
7 Rayagada (ST) Mandangi Kamaya INC 9,049 61.57 Bisimajhi Prahalad AIGP 5,649 38.43
8 Bissemkatak (ST) Syamaghana Ulaka AIGP 6,786 61.55 Kadraka Malati INC 4,239 38.45
9 Gunupur (ST) Soboro Dumba AIGP 5,330 52.15 Ram Murty Independent 4,119 40.30
Phulbani District
10 Balliguda Jadab Padra INC Elected uncontested
11 Phulbani Udayagiri (ST) Balakrishna Mallick Independent 11,112 25.89 Ugri Mallick Independent 5490 12.79
Phulbani Udayagiri Sadanada Sahu Independent 6,067 14.14 Antaryami Mallick INC 5033 11.73
12 Baudh Himansu Sekhar Padhi Independent 6,988 37.97 Golap Bidyanath Vyas Independent 4,487 24.38
Dhenkanal District
13 Athmallik Dwitiya Roul Independent 6,054 69.45% Bhagaban Behera INC 2,663 30.55
14 Angul Hindol Hrusikesh Tripathy INC 9,543 32.49 Radhamohan Pradhan Independent 8,104 27.59
Angul Hindol (ST) Arkhit Naik INC Elected uncontested as only ST Candidate
15 Talcher Pabitra Mohan Pradhan INC 17,711 64.14 Pattayat Promoda Chandra Deb AIGP 7,186 26.02
16 Pal-Lakhra-K Nagar Mahesh Chandra Subahusingh INC 17,251 51.41 Dukhabandhu Naik Socialist 16,306 48.59
Pal-Lakhra-K Nagar (ST) Baidhar Naik INC Elected uncontested as only ST Candidate
17 Dhenkanal (ST) Madan Dehuri CPI 11,564 23.60 Budhia Dehuri Socialist 8,006 16.34
Dhenkanal Baisnab Charan Patnaik CPI 9,767 19.94 Braja Kishore Dhal INC 9,578 19.55
Kalahandi District
18 Bhawanipatna (ST) Janardhan Majhi AIGP 37,867 39.30 Gajendra Bhoi INC 11,587 12.03
Bhawanipatna Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo AIGP 36,669 38.06 Ganadhip Bhoi INC 10,228 10.62
19 Jaipatna Kasipur (ST) Jhajuru Jhodia INC 11,206 57.87 Bisi Kandha AIGP 8,157 42.13
20 Junagarh Pratap Keshari Deo AIGP 55,340 44.34 S. C. Behera INC 5,707 4.57
Junagarh (ST) Dayanidhi Naik AIGP 54,389 43.58 G. Naik INC 5,225 4.19
21 Nawapara Anupa Singh Deo INC 22,116 37.31 Ugramadhab Joshi Independent 6,474 10.92
Nawapara (ST) Chaitan Majhi INC 16,595 27.99 G. Bodhankar Independent 3,998 6.74
Bolangir District
22 Titilagarh (ST) Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi AIGP 19,573 34.33 Chandramani Naik INC 7,393 12.97
Titilagarh Muralidhar Panda AIGP 19,084 33.47 Dibakar Bahidar INC 7,453 13.07
23 Patnaghar Arjun Das AIGP 24,637 39.46 Dhoba Kondh INC 4,161 6.66
Patnaghar (ST) Ganesh Ram Bariah AIGP 22,109 35.41 Narendra Parichha INC 3,697 5.92
24 Bolangir Nandakishore Mishra AIGP 32,058 40.18 Kapileswar Prasad Nanda INC 5,744 7.20
Bolangir (ST) Achyutananda Mahananda AIGP 30,494 38.22 Sundarmani Nag INC 6,770 8.48
25 Sonepur Anantaram Nanda AIGP 10,385 69.23 Yudhistar Mahapatra INC 1,959 13.06
26 Binika Baikuntha Nepak AIGP 8,582 56.14 Shyamsundar Misra INC 4,041 26.43
27 Birmaharajpur Achutananda Mahakur AIGP 15,915 78.27 Laxman Satpathy INC 4,418 21.73
Sambalpur District
28 Padampur (ST) Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha INC 17,636 37.44 Lal Nityananda Singh Bariha AIGP 3,696 7.22
Padampur Anirudha Mishra Independent 7,979 15.60 Laxminarayan Misra INC 7,126 13.93
29 Baragarh Tirthabasi Pradhan INC 4,391 33.04 Dinabandhu Kar AIGP 2,801 21.08
30 Attabira Bipin Bihari Das INC 7279 35.66 Brajamohan Panda AIGP 5,427 26.59
31 Sohella Bhikari Sahu INC 9,945 21.67 Basant Kumar Sahu Socialist 5,458 11.89
Sohella (ST) Bisi Bibhar INC 9,458 20.61 Baishnab Chandra Naik AIGP 4,597 10.02
32 Ambabhona Mura Makardhwaj Pradhan Socialist 3,492 36.42 Madan Sahu INC 3,042 31,73
33 Sambalpur Rairakhol (ST) Bhikari Ghasi AIGP 18,915 25.11 Ghanashyam Ganda INC 13,406 17.80
Sambalpur Rairakhol Shraddhakar Supakar AIGP 18,717 24.85 Ratnakar Behera INC 11,439 15.19
34 Jharsuguda Rampella Bijoy Kumar Pani INC 13,786 22.49 Tribikram Panda AIGP 13,095 21.36
Jharsuguda Rampella (ST) Manohar Singh Naik AIGP 11,131 18.16 Mohan Singh INC 9,635 15.72
35 Bamra Haraprasad Deb AIGP 21,631 30.59 Gangadhar Pradhan INC 12,198 17.25
Bamra (ST) Jayadev Thakur AIGP 18,547 26.23 Baneswar Majhi INC 8,818 12.47
Sundargarh District
36 Sundargarh Krupanidhi Naik INC 18,212 17.55 Harihar Patel AIGP 16,364 15.77
Sundargarh (ST) Dwarikanath Kusum AIGP 16,330 15.73 Daitari Tanti INC 15,828 15.25
37 Rajgangpur (ST) Agapit Lakra INC 17,912 60.61 Brajamohan Kisan AIGP 9,099 30.79
38 Bisra (ST) Madan Mohan Amat INC 25,756 64.59 Nirmal Mund Independent 8,833 22.15
39 Bonai (ST) Nilamani Singh Dandapat AIGP 12,544 67.89 Balaram Mohapatra INC 3,653 19.77
Keonjhar District
40 Champua (ST) Gurucharan Naik AIGP 13,493 79.05 Bairiganjan Naik INC 3,576 20.95
41 Keonjhar Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent 29,489 55.87 Dasarathi Mohanty Socialist 3,149 5.97
Keonjhar (ST) Govind Chandra Munda AIGP 12,849 24.34 Syamsundar Giri INC 7,292 13.82
42 Anandapur Janardan Bhanj Deo Independent 24,426 34.08 Maheswar Jena INC 11,322 15.80
Anandapur (ST) Bhaiga Sethi Independent 14,132 19.72 Guru Das AIGP 8,079 11.27
Mayurbhanj District
43 Panchpir Biswanath Sahu AIGP 9,596 18.08 Sanatan Naik Independent 9,492 17.89
Panchpir (ST) Ghasiram Sandil Independent 9,356 17.63 Bhaktabandhu Mahanta Socialist 5,737 10.81
44 Kaptipada (ST) Harachand Hansada Socialist 6,621 72.78 Baidhar Majhi INC 2,476 27.22
45 Khunta (ST) Sakila Soren Socialist 7,985 53.47 Dhyan Chandra Tudu INC 6,949 46.53
46 Baripada Girish Chandra Roy Socialist 18,340 43.56 Ram Chandra Sahu AIGP 9,094 21.64
Baripada (ST) Surendra Singh INC Elected uncontested as only ST Candidate
47 Bahalda (ST) Sunaram Soren INC 11,012 69.78 Kale Majhi Socialist 2,557 16.20
48 Rairangpur (ST) Haradeb Triya INC 7,989 59.98 Mahendra Majhi Independent 3,567 26.78
49 Bangriposhi (ST) Jadav Majhi INC 7,147 57.75 Ishwar Chandra Nayak Socialist 5,228 42.25
50 Muruda Prasanna Kumar Dash Socialist 7,480 33.66 Hasiram Mahanti AIGP 4,972 22.38
Balasore District
51 Jaleswar Karunakar Panigrahi INC 8,541 57.62 Jogesh Chandra Jena Socialist 4,718 31.83
52 Bhograi Sashikanta Bhanj Independent 7,548 42.65 Durgasankar Das INC 6,663 37.6
53 Basta Trilochan Senapati INC 11,974 78.71 Pranakrushna Das AIGP 3,239 21.29
54 Soro Nandakishore Das INC 13,330 65.31 Sailen Mohapatra CPI 4,898 24.00
55 Balasore Surendra Nath Das INC 20,763 73.42 Rabindra Mohan Das Socialist 4,867 17.21
56 Nilgiri Nilambar Das INC 24,602 33.46 Banmali Das Socialist 5,717 7.78
Nilgiri (ST) Chaitanya Prasad Sethi INC 21,237 28.89 Pundari Dei AIGP 4,798 6.53
57 Bhadrak Mahamad Hanif INC 17,059 73.23 Ganesh Prasad Roy Independent 4,962 21.30
58 Banth Gokulananda Mohanty INC 15,067 72.34 Raimohan Das Socialist 3,858 18.52
59 Dhamnagar Nilamani Routray INC 14,603 63.25 Baishnab Chandra Naik Socialist 6,143 26.61
60 Chandbali (ST) Brundabana Das INC 31,120 28.23 Ghansyam Das Socialist 13,340 12.10
Chandbali Chakradhar Behera INC 28,568 25.91 Karunakar Das Socialist 11,695 10.61
Cuttack District
61 Sukinda Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra Independent 10,391 45.99 Madan Mohan Patnaik INC 6,450 28.55
62 Jajpur (ST) Santanu Kumar Das INC 17,229 28.46 Manguli Jena Socialist 3,686 6.09
Jajpur Gadadhar Dutta INC 17,010 28.09 Bipinbehari Mohanty Independent 6,346 10.48
63 Dharamsala Paramanada Mohanty Socialist 10,561 44.26 Motilal Pandit INC 9,397 39.38
64 Binjharpur (ST) Naba Kishore Mallick INC 12,940 23.17 Birkishore Behera Independent 4,118 7.38
Binjharpur Padmanava Roy INC 12,128 21.72 Upendra Sambar Singh Mahapatra Independent 5,376 9.63
64 Barchana Nabakrushna Chaudhury INC 12,795 57.47 Jagannath Das Independent 5,089 22.89
66 Aul Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo Independent 23,208 70.12 Sahadeb Das INC 7,907 23.89
67 Patamundai Ram Raj Kumari Independent 9,073 37.39 Krupasindhu Parida INC 8,820 36.35
68 Rajnagar Saraswati Devi INC 7,973 43.92 Ananta Charan Tripathy Independent 6,919 38.11
69 Kendrapara Dinabandhu Sahoo INC 12,865 41.68 Jadumani Mangaraj Independent 11,895 38.53
70 Patkura Lokanath Mishra INC 13,883 60.58 Kashinath Das Independent 3,467 15.13
71 Tirtol Nishamani Khuntia Socialist 17,855 60.09 Maguni Chandra Kanungo INC 9,554 32.15
72 Ersama Gourishyam Naik INC 12,040 45.61 Narendranath Jena Socialist 7,396 28.02
73 Balikuda Prana Krushna Parija Independent 8,326 38.25 Bhagirathi Mohapatra INC 7,971 36.62
74 Jagatsinghpur Nilamani Pradhan INC 13,384 50.38 Priyanath Dey Socialist 10,417 39.21
75 Kissennagar Rajkrushna Bose INC 13,883 48.57 Binod Kanungo Socialist 11,468 40.12
76 Salepur Surendranath Patnaik INC 21,710 26.01 Surendra Dwibedi Socialist 14,649 17.55
Salepur (ST) Purnanda Samal INC 13,923 16.68 Ananta Cahndra Behera Socialist 13,882 16.63
77 Mahanga Mahammad Attahar INC 4,122 23.96 Pradipta Kishore Das Socialist 3,999 23.24
78 Cuttack Town Biren Mitra INC 13,440 53.81 Raghu Raut Independent 6,488 25.98
79 Cuttack Rural (ST) Laxman Mallick INC 20,718 24.55 Dhadi Bhanj CPI 7,956 9.43
Cuttack Rural Bhairab Chandra Mohanty INC 18,563 21.99 Biswanath Pasayat CPI 10,005 11.85
80 Banki Gokulanand Praharaj Socialist 11,210 47.38 Bhagban Ram INC 5,592 23.64
81 Narasinghpur Brundaban Sahu AIGP 10,557 44.93 Bidyadhar Naik INC 9,081 38.65
82 Athgarh Radhanath Rath INC 16,028 62.16 Biswanath Sahu Socialist 7,213 27.97
Puri District
83 Kakatpur Nimapara Upendra Mohanty INC 32,325 30.48 Gatikrushna Swain CPI 15,662 14.77
Kakatpur Nimapara (ST) Gobinda Chandra Sethi INC 30,492 28.76 Banchanidhi Setha CPI 19,583 18.47
84 Satyabadi Nilakantha Das Independent 8,412 44.72 Satyabadi Nanda INC 5,897 31.35
85 Pipili Jayakrushna Mohanty INC 10,236 50.38 Raghunath Padhan Independent 3,464 17.05
86 Puri Fakir Charan Das Socialist 12,012 54.59 Lokanath Misra Independent 9,994 45.41
87 Bramhagiri Biswanath Parida Independent 4,379 31.42 Jagannath Misra INC 3,678 26.39
88 Banpur Godabarish Mishra Independent 10,734 42.71 Nursingha Charan Samantsinghar Independent 9,511 37.84
89 Bhubaneswar Satapriya Mohanty INC 25,478 32.52 Choudhary Gangadhar Das Independent 7,894 10.07
Bhubaneswar (ST) Kanhu Mallik INC 21,961 28.03 Biswanath Behera Independent 5,400 6.89
90 Khurda Madhab Chandra Routray INC 6,465 41.33 Prananath Patnaik CPI 4,953 31.67
91 Begunia Gangadhar Paikray CPI 7,521 46.71 Krushna Chandra Misra INC 6,801 42.24
92 Ranpur Basanta Manjari Devi INC 14,599 57.28 Gangadhar Misra CPI 6,276 24.62
93 Nayagarh Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata Independent 13,642 75.25 Sreedhar Das INC 3,009 16.60
94 Khandapara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardraj Bhramabara Roy Independent 14,323 81.98 Antarjami Sahu INC 3,149 18.02
95 Daspalla Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj INC 15.947 60.74 Brundaban Chandra Singh Independent 6,433 24.50
Ganjam District
96 Jaganathprasad Biju Patnaik INC 9,552 49.83 Ananda Chandra Rauto CPI 4,272 22.29
97 Russelkonda Dinabandhu Behera INC 4,227 25.10 Gangadhar Allupati M Independent 3,927 23.32
98 Aska Harihar Das CPI 12,258 18.64 Bhojram Swain Independent 5,596 8.51
Aska (ST) Mohan Naik CPI 8,720 13.26 Achuta Behera Independent 6,778 10.31
99 Khallikote Ramachandra Mardaraj Dev Independent 19,862 83.07 Dandapani Pradhan Socialist 2,811 11.76
100 Kudula Banamali Maharana Socialist 16,103 63.99 Jaganath Misra INC 5,110 20.31
101 Purusottampur Harihar Das INC 5,714 30.11 Sadananda Mohanty CPI 4,768 25.12
102 Chhatrapur Sitaramaya V. Independent 5,124 25.76 Syamasundar Mishra Independent 4,330 21.77
103 Pattapur Govind Pradhan CPI 12,210 48.24 Brindabau Naik INC 9,859 37.88
104 Berhampur (ST) Dandapani Das Independent 12,184 17.77 Mohano Naik INC 7,431 10.84
Berhampur Ramachandra Mishra Independent 11,648 16.99 Gadi Narayan Murty INC 10,713 15.63
105 Patrapur Dibakar Patnaik AIFB 10,852 66.30 Lalmohan Patnaik INC 3,427 20.94
106 Parlakhelmundi Jaganath Mishra CPI 9,621 20.78 Narayan Patro INC 9,314 20.12
Parlakhelmundi (ST) Apenna Dora Biswasrai Independent 3,653 7.89 Balaji Patamundala Independent 2,510 5.42
107 Udayagiri Mohana (ST) Pattu Maliko INC 2,851 58.10 Benupani Karji M Independent 2,056 41.90

Government Formation

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In these elections, Congress emerged as the largest party, but did not get majority to form the government. It won 10 seats below the majority mark. Nabakrushna Choudhuri of the Congress party became the first Chief Minister of Odisha, after a series of re-alignments with 10 independents.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2014-11-12.