1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 1957
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg
Leader Harekrushna Mahatab
Party INC All India Ganatantra Parishad
Leader's seat Soro -
Seats won 56 51
Seat change Decrease 11 Increase 20
Popular vote 16,28,180 12,23,014
Percentage 38.26 28.74
Swing Increase 0.39 Increase 8.24
Chief Minister before election

Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

Chief Minister


Harekrushna Mahatab
INC

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

Constituencies[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

<section begin=Results />

e • d 
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested		 Won Net Change
in seats		 % of
Seats 		Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 140 56 Decrease 11 40.00 16,28,180 38.26 Increase 0.39
All India Ganatantra Parishad 109 51 Increase 20 36.43 12,23,014 28.74 Increase 8.24
Praja Socialist Party 46 11 New 7.86 4,42,508 10.40 New
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg 43 9 Increase 2 6.43 3,57,659 8.40 Increase 2.78
Template:Party name with colour 179 13 Decrease 11 9.29 6,04,652 14.21 N/A
Total Seats 140 (Steady 0) Voters 1,24,67,800 Turnout 42,56,013 (34.14%)

<section end=Results />

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named OdishaECI1957
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