Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held on 27 March 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.

Political parties

6 National parties along with

All India Ganatantra Parishad The Ganatanra Parishad (GP) or the All India Ganatantra Parishad (AIGP) was a regional political party based in Orissa state in eastern India from 1950 to 1962. This political party was formed by the former rulers of the erstwhile princely states ...

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.

Results

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Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, , 33 , 7 , 2,06,757 , 5.62% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Marxist Group) , , 2 , 1 , 12,874 , 0.35% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) , , 1 , 0 , 2,779 , 0.08% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Indian National Congress , , 135 , 67 , 13,92,501 , 37.87% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party , , 7 , 0 , 16,948 , 0.46% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Party , , 79 , 10 , 4,32,731 , 11.77% , - ! colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , State Parties , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 58 , 31 , 7,53,685 , 20.50% , - ! colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered (Unrecognised) Parties , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Peoples Independent Party , , 1 , 0 , 11,895 , 0.32% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Pursharathi Panchayat Pursharathi Panchayat ( hi, पुरुषारथी पंचायत) was a political party in India. The party was formed by Partition refugees from Sindh in June 1951.Sadasivan, S. N. Party and Democracy in India'. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-H ...

, , 1 , 0 , 1,841 , 0.05% , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Radical Democrat Party , , 1 , 0 , 1,589 , 0.04% , - ! colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Independents , - , bgcolor="" , , style="text-align:left;" , Independent , , 204 , 24 , 8,43,446 , 22.94% , - ! colspan="4" , Total ! 140 ! 36,77,046 ! 100% , -

Winners

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.

References

{{Odisha elections State Assembly elections in Odisha Orissa 1950s in Orissa March 1952 events in Asia

Political parties

Results

Winners

Government Formation

See also

References