1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Harekrushna Mahatab Party INC AIGP Leader's seat Soro - Seats won 56 51 Seat change 11 20 Popular vote 16,28,180 12,23,014 Percentage 38.26 28.74 Swing 0.39 8.24
CM before election Harekrushna Mahatab INC Elected CM Harekrushna Mahatab INC

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 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

Summary of results of the 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[1]

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
	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
	Independent politician		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%)

Elected members