1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Difference between revisions

1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 1957; 71 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Harekrushna Mahatab; INC	Chief Minister ; ; Harekrushna Mahatab; INC

Revision as of 00:51, 16 January 2022

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

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 All India Ganatantra Parishad took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 40% of the seats with a vote share of 38.26%.^[1] Harekrushna Mahatab again become the Chief Minister of the state.

Results

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	Political 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
	All India 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
Template:Party name with colour		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%)

References

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 ==Results==
-{{Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1957}}
+<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election<ref name="OdishaECI1957">{{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}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
+|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
+! class="unsortable" |<!--color-->
+! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br /> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br /> in seats !! % of <br /> Seats
+! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br />vote %
+|- style="background: #90EE90;"
+| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
+| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
+|
+| 140 || 56 || {{decrease}} 11 || 40.00 || 16,28,180 || 38.26 || {{increase}} 0.39
+|-
+|
+| style="text-align:left;" |[[All India Ganatantra Parishad]]
+|
+| 109 || 51 || {{increase}} 20 || 36.43 || 12,23,014 || 28.74 || {{increase}} 8.24
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
+| style="text-align:left;" |[[Praja Socialist Party]]
+|
+| 46 || 11 || ''New'' || 7.86 || 4,42,508 || 10.40 || ''New''
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
+| style="text-align:left;" |[[Communist Party of India]]
+| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|35px]]
+| 43 || 9 || {{increase}} 2 || 6.43 || 3,57,659 || 8.40 || {{increase}} 2.78
+|-
+| {{Party name with colour|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%)
+|}<section end=Results />
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha]]
-[[Category:1957 State Assembly elections in India]]
+[[Category:1957 State Assembly elections in India|Odisha]]
 [[Category:1950s in Orissa]]