Elections to the second Orissa Legislative Assembly were held in 1957.

Constituencies The elections were held for 140 seats of 101 constituencies. Out of 101 constituencies, 62 constituencies were single-membered while 39 constituencies were two-membered. In two-membered constituencies, one seat was open while other was reserved. Out of 39 two-member constituencies, 25 were reserved for Scheduled Caste and 14 were reserved for Scheduled Tribe. Also, 4 single-member constituencies were reserved for Scheduled Tribe. A total of 517 candidates contested for these 140 seats.

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.

Results +Source: Election Commission of India PartyPopular voteSeatsColorFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Indian National Congress 1,628,180 38.26% 0.39 140 56 11 Ganatantra Parishad 1,223,014 28.74% 8.24 109 51 20 Praja Socialist Party 322,305 10.99% 1.24 46 11 1 Communist Party of India 357,659 8.40% 2.78 43 9 2 - Independents - 604,652 14.21% 8.73 171 8 16 Total----140-Valid Votes 4,256,01334.14Invalid Votes145,456 -Total Votes polled / turnout 4,401,46935.30Abstentation8,066,331Total No. of Votes 12,467,800Total No. of Electors 7,983,975

Elected members District#Constituency NameWinnerParty Koraput 1 Omerkote Radhakrushna Biswas Ray 2 Nowrangpur Sadasiba Tripathy Nowrangpur (SC) Harijan Miru 3 JeyporeHarihar Mishra Jeypore (SC)Laichhan Naik 4 MalkangiriGuru Nayak 5 PadwaLaxman Gouda 6 KoraputLaxmana Pujari 7 Pottangi Mallu Santa 8 Rayagada Mandangi Kamaya 9 Gunupur Naroshimho Patro Gunupur (ST)Sanyasi Charan Pidikaka Ganjam 10 Parlakimedi Nalla Kurma Naikulu 11 R. Udaigiri (ST) Ramachandra Bhoya 12 Digapahandi Raghunath Mahapatra Digapahandi (SC) Mohan Naik 13 Berhampur Lingaraj Panigrahi Berhampur (SC) Dandapani Das 14 Dura P. Venkat Jagannath Rao 15 Chatrapur Yatiraj Praharaj 16 Khallikote Narayan Sahu 17 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 18 Kodala West Harihar Das 19 Kodala East Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev 20 Bhanjanagar Govinda Pradhan Bhanjanagar (SC) Suma Naik 21 Aska Harihar Das 22 Suruda Biju Patnaik Phulbani 23 Balliguda Lokanath Patra 24 G. Udayagiri Sarangdhar Pradhan 25 Phulbani Himansu Sekhar Padhi Phulbani (SC) Anirudha Dipa Kalahandi 26 Bhawanipatna Pratap Keshari Deo Bhawanipatna (ST) Karunakar Bhoi 27 Kasipur Kishore Chandra Deo Kasipur (SC) Manikrai Naik 28 Dharamgarh Birakeshari Deo Dharamgarh (ST) Janardan Majhi 29 Nawpara Anupa Singh Deo Nawpara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi Bolangir 30 Titilagarh Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Titilagarh (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda 31 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo Patnagarh (ST) Asharam Bhoi 32 Loisingha Ram Prasad Mishra 33 Bolangir Nandakishore Mishra Bolangir (ST) Ramesh Chandra Bhoi 34 Sonepur Anantaram Nanda Sonepur (SC) Daulata Ganda Sambalpur35 Padampur L.M.S. Bariha Padampur (ST) Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha 36 Bargarh Nikunja Bihari Singh Bargarh (SC) Mahananda Bahadur 37 Bhatli Natabar Banchhor 38 Sambalpur Lakshmiprasad Misra Sambalpur (SC) Bhikari Ghasi 39 Katarbaga Purusottam Panda 40 Deogarh Rani Jyotimanjari Debi Deogarh (ST) Jayadev Thakur 41 Jharsuguda Bijoy Kumar Pani Jharsuguda (ST) Manohar Singh Naik Sundergarh 42 Sundergarh Udit Pratap Sekhar Deo Sundergarh (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 43 Rajgangpur (ST) Santi Prakash Oram 44 Bisra (ST) Nirmala Munda 45 Bonai (ST) Arjun Naik Keonjhar 46 Champua Raj Ballabh Mishra Champua (ST) Guru Charan Naik 47 Keonjhar Janardan Bhanj Deo Keonjhar (ST) Krushna Chandra Mahapatro 48 Anandapur Upendra Jena Anandapur (SC) Bira Kishore Jena Dhenkanal 49 Pal-lahara Mrutyunjaya Pal 50 Talcher Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 51 Kamakhyanagar Ratnaprava Devi 52 Dhenkanal Shankar Pratap Singh Deo Mahendra Bahadur Raja Dhenkanal (ST) Kalia Dehuri 53 Angul Kumud Chandra Singh Angul (SC) Narendra Kumar Nayak 54 Athmallik Khetra Mohan Panigrahi Puri 55 Daspalla Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj Daspalla (SC) Sridhar Naik 56 Khandpara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy 57 Nayagarh Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata 58 Ranpur Basant Manjari Devi 59 Begunia Satyananda Champatiray 60 Khurda Prananath Pattnaik 61 Bhubaneswar Satyapriya Mohanty 62 Brahmagiri Padma Charan Samantasinghar 63 Puri Harihar Bahinipati 64 Satyabadi Nilakantha Das 65 Pipili Ram Chandra Patnaik Pipili (SC) Gopinath Bhoi 66 Kakatpur Mohan Das Kakatpur (SC) Bharat Das Cuttack 67 Banki Jogesh Chandra Rout 68 Baramba Rani Saheba Kanaklata Devi 69 Athgarh Radhanath Rath 70 Cuttack City Biren Mitra 71 Cuttack Sadar Raj Krushna Bose Cuttack Sadar (SC) Purnananda Samal 72 Jagatsinghpur Nilamani Pradhan Jagatsinghpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik 73 Salepur (SC) Pradipta Kishore Das Salepur Baidhar Behera 74 Balikuda Baikunthanath Mohanty 75 Ersama Lokanath Choudhury 76 Tirtol Nishamani Khuntia 77 Patkura Lokanath Mishra 78 Rajnagar Ananta Charan Tripathy 79 Aul Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo 80 Kendrapara Dinabandhu Sahoo Kendrapara (SC) Prahlad Mallik 81 Binjharpur Banka Behari Das 82 Barchana Jadumani Mangaraj 83 Dharmasala Madan Mohan Patnaik Dharmasala (SC) Mayadhar Singh 84 Jajpur Gadadhar Dutta Jajpur (SC) Santanu Kumar Das Balasore 85 Dhamnagar Muralidhar Jena 86 Chandbali Nilamani Routray Chandbali (SC) Nanda Kishore Jena 87 Bhadrak Nityananda Mahapatra 88 Soro Harekrushna Mahatab Soro (SC) Chaitanya Prasad Sethi 89 Nilgiri Nilambar Das 90 Balasore Rabindra Mohan Das 91 Basta Akshaya Narayana Praharaja 92 Bhograi Durga Sankar Das 93 Jaleswar Prasanna Kumar Paul Mayurbhanj 94 Baisinga Prasanna Kumar Dash Baisinga (SC) Panchanan Das 95 Udala Manmohan Tudu 96 Karanjia Lal Saheb Nalini Chandra Bhanj Deo 97 Jashipur Mochiram Tiriya 98 Rairangpur Haradeb Triya 99 Bahalda Sundar Mohan Hemrom 100 Bangiriposi Radhamohan Nayak 101 Baripada Harihar Mohanty Baripada (ST) Samai Majhi

Govt Formation Harekrushna Mahatab led Congress party emerged as the single largest party by winning 40% of the seats. On 29 May 1957, Shri Mahtab formed a minority govt. with the assurance of support from Jharkhand Party, Communist Party of India, and several Independent MLAs. In May 1959, for the first time in the state, A Coalition govt was formed when opposition led by Ganatantra Parishad joined in to give stable administration to the state. However, This ministry fell in 1961 over disagreement regarding the coalition in Congress party. For the first time in the state, President's rule was imposed & early elections were called.

See also 1957 elections in India 1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election Orissa Legislative Assembly 2nd Orissa Legislative Assembly

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