1957 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the second Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 1957.^[1]

Constituencies

The elections were held for 140 seats of 101 constituencies. Out of 101 constituencies, 62 constituencies were single-membered while 39 constituencies were two-membered. In two-membered constituencies, one seat was open while other was reserved. Out of 39 two-member constituencies, 25 were reserved for Scheduled Caste and 14 were reserved for Scheduled Tribe. Also, 4 single-member constituencies 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.

Results

Source: Election Commission of India^[1]
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Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
Template:Party color cell	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress (1931–1971).svg	Indian National Congress	File:A pair of bullocks – the election symbol for the Congress Party in 1952.jpg	1,628,180	38.26%	Template:Increase 0.39	140	56	Template:Decrease 11
Template:Party color cell		Ganatantra Parishad	File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg	1,223,014	28.74%	Template:Increase 8.24	109	51	Template:Increase 20
Template:Party color cell	File:Flag of Praja Socialist Party.svg	Praja Socialist Party	File:Indian Election Symbol Hut.png	322,305	10.99%	Template:Decrease 1.24	46	11	Template:Increase 1
Template:Party color cell	File:CPI-banner.svg	Communist Party of India	File:CPI symbol.svg	357,659	8.40%	Template:Increase 2.78	43	9	Template:Increase 2
Template:Party color cell	-	Independents	-	604,652	14.21%	Template:Decrease 8.73	171	8	Template:Decrease 16
Total				-	-	-	-	140	-
Valid Votes				4,256,013	34.14
Invalid Votes				145,456	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				4,401,469	35.30
Abstentation				8,066,331
Total No. of VotesTemplate:Efn				12,467,800
Total No. of ElectorsTemplate:Efn				7,983,975

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Elected members

District	#	Constituency Name	Winner	Party
Koraput	1	Omerkote	Radhakrushna Biswas Ray	Template:Full party name with color
	2	Nowrangpur	Sadasiba Tripathy	Template:Full party name with color
	2	Nowrangpur (SC)	Harijan Miru	Template:Full party name with color
	3	Jeypore	Harihar Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	3	Jeypore (SC)	Laichhan Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	4	Malkangiri	Guru Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	5	Padwa	Laxman Gouda	Template:Full party name with color
	6	Koraput	Laxmana Pujari	Template:Full party name with color
	7	Pottangi	Mallu Santa	Template:Full party name with color
	8	Rayagada	Mandangi Kamaya	Template:Full party name with color
	9	Gunupur	Naroshimho Patro	Template:Full party name with color
	9	Gunupur (ST)	Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka	Template:Full party name with color
Ganjam	10	Parlakimedi	Nalla Kurma Naikulu	Template:Full party name with color
	11	R. Udaigiri (ST)	Ramachandra Bhoya	Template:Full party name with color
	12	Digapahandi	Raghunath Mahapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	12	Digapahandi (SC)	Mohan Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	13	Berhampur	Lingaraj Panigrahi	Template:Full party name with color
	13	Berhampur (SC)	Dandapani Das	Template:Full party name with color
	14	Dura	P. Venkat Jagannath Rao	Template:Full party name with color
	15	Chatrapur	Yatiraj Praharaj	Template:Full party name with color
	16	Khallikote	Narayan Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
	17	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	18	Kodala West	Harihar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	19	Kodala East	Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev	Template:Full party name with color
	20	Bhanjanagar	Govinda Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	20	Bhanjanagar (SC)	Suma Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	21	Aska	Harihar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	22	Suruda	Biju Patnaik	Template:Full party name with color
Phulbani	23	Balliguda	Lokanath Patra	Template:Full party name with color
	24	G. Udayagiri	Sarangdhar Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	25	Phulbani	Himansu Sekhar Padhi	Template:Full party name with color
	25	Phulbani (SC)	Anirudha Dipa	Template:Full party name with color
Kalahandi	26	Bhawanipatna	Pratap Keshari Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	26	Bhawanipatna (ST)	Karunakar Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	27	Kasipur	Kishore Chandra Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	27	Kasipur (SC)	Manikrai Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	28	Dharamgarh	Birakeshari Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	28	Dharamgarh (ST)	Janardan Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	29	Nawpara	Anupa Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	29	Nawpara (ST)	Ghasiram Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
Bolangir	30	Titilagarh	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	30	Titilagarh (SC)	Achyutananda Mahananda	Template:Full party name with color
	31	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo	Template:Full party name with color
	31	Patnagarh (ST)	Asharam Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	32	Loisingha	Ram Prasad Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	33	Bolangir	Nandakishore Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	33	Bolangir (ST)	Ramesh Chandra Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	34	Sonepur	Anantaram Nanda	Template:Full party name with color
	34	Sonepur (SC)	Daulata Ganda	Template:Full party name with color
Sambalpur	35	Padampur	L.M.S. Bariha	Template:Full party name with color
	35	Padampur (ST)	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha	Template:Full party name with color
	36	Bargarh	Nikunja Bihari Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	36	Bargarh (SC)	Mahananda Bahadur	Template:Full party name with color
	37	Bhatli	Natabar Banchhor	Template:Full party name with color
	38	Sambalpur	Lakshmiprasad Misra	Template:Full party name with color
	38	Sambalpur (SC)	Bhikari Ghasi	Template:Full party name with color
	39	Katarbaga	Purusottam Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	40	Deogarh	Rani Jyotimanjari Debi	Template:Full party name with color
	40	Deogarh (ST)	Jayadev Thakur	Template:Full party name with color
	41	Jharsuguda	Bijoy Kumar Pani	Template:Full party name with color
	41	Jharsuguda (ST)	Manohar Singh Naik	Template:Full party name with color
Sundergarh	42	Sundergarh	Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	42	Sundergarh (ST)	Gangadhar Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	43	Rajgangpur (ST)	Santi Prakash Oram	Template:Full party name with color
	44	Bisra (ST)	Nirmala Munda	Template:Full party name with color
	45	Bonai (ST)	Arjun Naik	Template:Full party name with color
Keonjhar	46	Champua	Raj Ballabh Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	46	Champua (ST)	Guru Charan Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	47	Keonjhar	Janardan Bhanj Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	47	Keonjhar (ST)	Krushna Chandra Mahapatro	Template:Full party name with color
	48	Anandapur	Upendra Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	48	Anandapur (SC)	Bira Kishore Jena	Template:Full party name with color
Dhenkanal	49	Pal-lahara	Mrutyunjaya Pal	Template:Full party name with color
	50	Talcher	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	51	Kamakhyanagar	Ratnaprava Devi	Template:Full party name with color
	52	Dhenkanal	Shankar Pratap Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur Raja	Template:Full party name with color
	52	Dhenkanal (ST)	Kalia Dehuri	Template:Full party name with color
	53	Angul	Kumud Chandra Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	53	Angul (SC)	Narendra Kumar Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	54	Athmallik	Khetra Mohan Panigrahi	Template:Full party name with color
Puri	55	Daspalla	Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj	Template:Full party name with color
	55	Daspalla (SC)	Sridhar Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	56	Khandpara	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy	Template:Full party name with color
	57	Nayagarh	Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata	Template:Full party name with color
	58	Ranpur	Basant Manjari Devi	Template:Full party name with color
	59	Begunia	Satyananda Champatiray	Template:Full party name with color
	60	Khurda	Prananath Pattnaik	Template:Full party name with color
	61	Bhubaneswar	Satyapriya Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	62	Brahmagiri	Padma Charan Samantasinghar	Template:Full party name with color
	63	Puri	Harihar Bahinipati	Template:Full party name with color
	64	Satyabadi	Nilakantha Das	Template:Full party name with color
	65	Pipili	Ram Chandra Patnaik	Template:Full party name with color
	65	Pipili (SC)	Gopinath Bhoi	Template:Full party name with color
	66	Kakatpur	Mohan Das	Template:Full party name with color
	66	Kakatpur (SC)	Bharat Das	Template:Full party name with color
Cuttack	67	Banki	Jogesh Chandra Rout	Template:Full party name with color
	68	Baramba	Rani Saheba Kanaklata Devi	Template:Full party name with color
	69	Athgarh	Radhanath Rath	Template:Full party name with color
	70	Cuttack City	Biren Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
	71	Cuttack Sadar	Raj Krushna Bose	Template:Full party name with color
	71	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Purnananda Samal	Template:Full party name with color
	72	Jagatsinghpur	Nilamani Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
	72	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Kanduri Charan Mallik	Template:Full party name with color
	73	Salepur (SC)	Pradipta Kishore Das	Template:Full party name with color
	73	Salepur	Baidhar Behera	Template:Full party name with color
	74	Balikuda	Baikunthanath Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	75	Ersama	Lokanath Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
	76	Tirtol	Nishamani Khuntia	Template:Full party name with color
	77	Patkura	Lokanath Mishra	Template:Full party name with color
	78	Rajnagar	Ananta Charan Tripathy	Template:Full party name with color
	79	Aul	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	80	Kendrapara	Dinabandhu Sahoo	Template:Full party name with color
	80	Kendrapara (SC)	Prahlad Mallik	Template:Full party name with color
	81	Binjharpur	Banka Behari Das	Template:Full party name with color
	82	Barchana	Jadumani Mangaraj	Template:Full party name with color
	83	Dharmasala	Madan Mohan Patnaik	Template:Full party name with color
	83	Dharmasala (SC)	Mayadhar Singh	Template:Full party name with color
	84	Jajpur	Gadadhar Dutta	Template:Full party name with color
	84	Jajpur (SC)	Santanu Kumar Das	Template:Full party name with color
Balasore	85	Dhamnagar	Muralidhar Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	86	Chandbali	Nilamani Routray	Template:Full party name with color
	86	Chandbali (SC)	Nanda Kishore Jena	Template:Full party name with color
	87	Bhadrak	Nityananda Mahapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	88	Soro	Harekrushna Mahatab	Template:Full party name with color
	88	Soro (SC)	Chaitanya Prasad Sethi	Template:Full party name with color
	89	Nilgiri	Nilambar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	90	Balasore	Rabindra Mohan Das	Template:Full party name with color
	91	Basta	Akshaya Narayana Praharaja	Template:Full party name with color
	92	Bhograi	Durga Sankar Das	Template:Full party name with color
	93	Jaleswar	Prasanna Kumar Paul	Template:Full party name with color
Mayurbhanj	94	Baisinga	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Template:Full party name with color
	94	Baisinga (SC)	Panchanan Das	Template:Full party name with color
	95	Udala	Manmohan Tudu	Template:Full party name with color
	96	Karanjia	Lal Saheb Nalini Chandra Bhanj Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	97	Jashipur	Mochiram Tiriya	Template:Full party name with color
	98	Rairangpur	Haradeb Triya	Template:Full party name with color
	99	Bahalda	Sundar Mohan Hemrom	Template:Full party name with color
	100	Bangiriposi	Radhamohan Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	101	Baripada	Harihar Mohanty	Template:Full party name with color
	101	Baripada (ST)	Samai Majhi	Template:Full party name with color

Govt Formation

Harekrushna Mahatab led Congress party emerged as the single largest party by winning 40% of the seats. On 29 May 1957, Shri Mahtab formed a minority govt. with the assurance of support from Jharkhand Party, Communist Party of India, and several Independent MLAs. In May 1959, for the first time in the state, A Coalition govt was formed when opposition led by Ganatantra Parishad joined in to give stable administration to the state. However, This ministry fell in 1961 over disagreement regarding the coalition in Congress party. For the first time in the state, President's rule was imposed & early elections were called.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
↑ A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024). International Journal of Political Science and Governance({Template:Date).

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[OdishaECI1957-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Orissa. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[2] A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024). International Journal of Political Science and Governance({Template:Date).

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