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Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held on March 27, 1952. This election was officially known as the 1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, even though through delays, actual voting didn't take place until early 1952.[1]
Political parties
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 while All India Gantantra Parishad emerged as the main opponent to the Congress party.[1]
Results
style="width:4px; background-color:#DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician" || Political party | Flag | Seats Contested |
Won | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | |
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| Indian National Congress | 135 | 67 | 47.86 | 13,92,501 | 37.87 | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Socialist Party/meta/color;" width=0.3em | | Socialist Party | 79 | 10 | 7.14 | 4,32,731 | 11.77 | |
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | 58 | 31 | 22.14 | 7,53,685 | 20.50 | ||
| Communist Party of India | 
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33 | 7 | 5.00 | 2,06,757 | 5.62 | |
| Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) | 2 | 1 | 0.72 | 12,874 | 0.35 | ||
| Independent | 204 | 24 | 17.14 | 8,43,446 | 22.94 | ||
| Total seats | 140 | Voters | 1,07,53,175 | Turnout | 36,77,046 (34.19 %) | ||
Government Formation
In these elections, Congress emerged as the largest party, but did not get majority to form the government. Nabakrushna Choudhuri of the Congress party became the first Chief Minister of Odisha, after a series of re-alignments among independents.