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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 38.36% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Constituencies
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Parties | Symbol | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Votes | % of votes | ||||
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| 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
[edit]| # | Constituency | Winner | Runner Up | ||||||||
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| 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
[edit]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.
