The First Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.

Brief History Nabakrushna Choudhuri led Congress party emerged as the single largest party and was sworn in as Chief Minister of state on 20 February 1952. As the ministry was in minority, Shri Choudhuri had support from several Independent MLAs. In October 1956, Shri Choudhuri resigned and Shri Harekrushna Mahatab became the chief minister and continued till the end of term. At the beginning of this session, the Assembly was shifted from Cuttack to a new building known today as Sardar Patel Hall in state's New Capital, Bhubaneswar.

House Composition PartyStrengthIndian National Congress67All India Ganatantra Parishad31Socialist Party10Communist Party of India7All India Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)1Independent24

Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorAsaf AliAssembly Begins6 June 1952N/ASaiyid Fazl Ali7 June 19529 February 1954P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja10 February 195411 September 1956Bhim Sen Sachar12 September 1956Assembly DissolvesSpeakerNandakishore Das6 March 195227 May 1957Deputy SpeakerMaulabi Mahammed Hanif8 March 19524 March 1957Leader of the HouseNabakrushna Choudhuri20 February 195219 October 1956Harekrushna Mahatab19 October 19565 April 1957Leader of OppositionShraddhakar Supakar16 February 19524 March 1957

Council of Ministers

Second Nabakrushna Choudhuri Ministry

Second Harekrushna Mahatab Ministry

Members of Legislative Assembly +SourceDistrict#ConstituencyMemberParty RemarksKoraput 1 Malkangiri Laxman Gouda 2 Padua Ganeswar Mohapatra 3 Nowrangpur Sadasiba Tripathy Nowrangpur (ST) Mudi Naiko 4 Jeypur Harihar Mishra Jeypur (ST) Laichhan Naik 5 Koraput (ST) Ganga Muduli 6 Nandapur Bhagaban Khemundu Naik 7 Rayagada (ST) Mandangi Kamaya 8 Bissemkatak (ST) Syamaghana Ulaka 9 Gunupur (ST) Soboro Dumba Candidate returned. Bhagirathi Gomango Elected in 1955 bypoll.Phulbani 10 Balliguda Jadab Padra 11 Phulbani Udayagiri Sadanada Sahu Phulbani Udayagiri (ST) Balakrishna Mallick Died in office. Sarangdhar Pradhan Elected in 1956 bypoll. 12 Baudh Himansu Sekhar Padhi Dhenkanal 13 Athmallik Dwitiya Roul Candidate returned. Raja Kishore Chandra Deo Elected in 1955 bypoll. 14 Angul Hindol Hrusikesh Tripathy Angul Hindol (ST) Arkhit Naik 15 Talcher Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 16 Pal-Lakhra-K Nagar Mahesh Chandra Subahusingh Pal-Lakhra-K Nagar (ST) Baidhar Naik 17 Dhenkanal Baisnab Charan Patnaik Dhenkanal (ST) Madan Dehuri Kalahandi18 Bhawanipatna Jogesh Chandra Singh Deo Bhawanipatna (ST) Janardhan Majhi 19 Jaipatna Kasipur (ST) Jhajuru Jhodia 20 Junagarh Pratap Keshari Deo Junagarh (ST) Dayanidhi Naik 21 Nawapara Anupa Singh Deo Nawapara (ST) Chaitan Majhi Bolangir22 Titilagarh Muralidhar Panda Titilagarh (ST) Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 23 Patnaghar Arjun Das Patnaghar (ST) Ganesh Ram Bariah 24 Bolangir Nandakishore Mishra Resigned. Nandakishore Mishra Elected in 1956 bypoll. Bolangir (ST) Achyutananda Mahananda 25 Sonepur Anantaram Nanda 26 Binika Baikuntha Nepak 27 Birmaharajpur Achutananda Mahakur Sambalpur28 Padampur Anirudha Mishra Padampur (ST) Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha Died in office. Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha Elected in 1956 bypoll. 29 Baragarh Tirthabasi Pradhan 30 Attabira Bipin Bihari Das 31 Sohella Bhikari Sahu Sohella (ST) Bisi Bibhar 32 Ambabhona Mura Makardhwaj Pradhan 33 Sambalpur Rairakhol Shraddhakar Supakar Leader of Opposition Sambalpur Rairakhol (ST) Bhikari Ghasi 34 Jharsuguda Rampella Bijoy Kumar Pani Jharsuguda Rampella (ST) Manohar Singh Naik 35 Bamra Haraprasad Deb Resigned. Indu Bhusan Mahanti Elected in 1955 bypoll. Bamra (ST) Jayadev Thakur Sundargarh 36 Sundargarh Krupanidhi Naik Sundargarh (ST) Dwarikanath Kusum 37 Rajgangpur (ST) Agapit Lakra 38 Bisra (ST) Madan Mohan Amat 39 Bonai (ST) Nilamani Singh Dandapat Keonjhar 40 Champua (ST) Gurucharan Naik 41 Keonjhar Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo Keonjhar (ST) Govind Chandra Munda 42 Anandapur Janardan Bhanj Deo Anandapur (ST) Bhaiga Sethi Mayurbhanj43 Panchpir Biswanath Sahu Panchpir (ST) Ghasiram Sandil 44 Kaptipada (ST) Harachand Hansada 45 Khunta (ST) Sakila Soren 46 Baripada Girish Chandra Roy Baripada (ST) Surendra Singh 47 Bahalda (ST) Sunaram Soren 48 Rairangpur (ST) Haradeb Triya 49 Bangriposhi (ST) Jadav Majhi 50 Muruda Prasanna Kumar Dash Balasore 51 Jaleswar Karunakar Panigrahi 52 Bhograi Sashikanta Bhanj 53 Basta Trilochan Senapati 54 Soro Nandakishore Das Speaker 55 Balasore Surendra Nath Das 56 Nilgiri Nilambar Das Nilgiri (ST) Chaitanya Prasad Sethi 57 Bhadrak Mahamad Hanif Deputy Speaker 58 Banth Gokulananda Mohanty 59 Dhamnagar Nilamani Routray 60 Chandbali Chakradhar Behera Chandbali (ST) Brundabana Das Cuttack 61 Sukinda Pitambar Bhupati Harichandan Mohapatra Candidate returned. Narayan Chandra Pati Elected in 1955 bypoll.62 Jajpur Gadadhar Dutta Jajpur (ST) Santanu Kumar Das 63 Dharamsala Paramanada Mohanty 64 Binjharpur Padmanava Roy Binjharpur (ST) Naba Kishore Mallick 64 Barchana Nabakrushna Choudhuri Chief Minister 66 Aul Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo 67 Patamundai Ram Raj Kumari 68 Rajnagar Saraswati Devi 69 Kendrapara Dinabandhu Sahoo Candidate returned. Purusottam Nayak Elected in 1955 bypoll. 70 Patkura Lokanath Mishra 71 Tirtol Nishamani Khuntia 72 Ersama Gourishyam Naik 73 Balikuda Prana Krushna Parija 74 Jagatsinghpur Nilamani Pradhan 75 Kissennagar Rajkrushna Bose 76 Salepur Surendranath Patnaik Salepur (ST) Purnanda Samal 77 Mahanga Mahammad Attahar Candidate returned. Pradipta Kishore Das Elected in 1955 bypoll. 78 Cuttack Town Biren Mitra 79 Cuttack Rural Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Cuttack Rural (ST) Laxman Mallick 80 Banki Gokulanand Praharaj 81 Narasinghpur Brundaban Sahu 82 Athgarh Radhanath Rath Puri 83 Kakatpur Nimapara Upendra Mohanty Kakatpur Nimapara (ST) Gobinda Chandra Sethi 84 Satyabadi Nilakantha Das 85 Pipili Jayakrushna Mohanty 86 Puri Fakir Charan Das 87 Bramhagiri Biswanath Parida 88 Banpur Godabarish Mishra 89 Bhubaneswar Satapriya Mohanty Candidate returned. Satapriya Mohanty Elected in 1955 bypoll. Bhubaneswar (ST) Kanhu Mallik Candidate returned. Kanhu Mallik Elected in 1955 bypoll. 90 Khurda Madhab Chandra Routray 91 Begunia Gangadhar Paikray 92 Ranpur Basanta Manjari Devi 93 Nayagarh Raja Saheb Krushna Chandra Singh Mandhata 94 Khandapara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardraj Bhramabara Roy 95 Daspalla Rajabahadur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj Ganjam 96 Jaganathprasad Biju Patnaik 97 Russelkonda Dinabandhu Behera 98 Aska Harihar Das Aska (ST) Mohan Naik 99 Khallikote Ramachandra Mardaraj Dev 100 Kudula Banamali Maharana 101 Purusottampur Harihar Das 102 Chhatrapur Sitaramaya V. 103 Pattapur Govind Pradhan 104 Berhampur Ramachandra Mishra Candidate returned. Brundaban Nayak Elected in 1955 bypoll. Berhampur (ST) Dandapani Das 105 Patrapur Dibakar Patnaik 106 Parlakhelmundi Jaganath Mishra Parlakhelmundi (ST) Apenna Dora Biswasrai 107 Udayagiri Mohana (ST) Pattu Maliko

Bypolls +Source Year Constituency Reason for by-poll Winning candidate Party till July 1955 Gunupur (ST) Candidate returned Bhagirathi Gomango Athmallik Candidate returned Raja Kishore Chandra Deo Mahanga Candidate returned Pradipta Kishore Das Bhubaneswar Candidate returned Satapriya Mohanty Bhubaneswar (ST) Candidate returned Kanhu Mallik Berhampur Candidate returned Brundaban Nayak Bamra Resignation of Haraprasad Deb Indu Bhusan Mahanti Sukinda Candidate returned Narayan Chandra Pati Kendrapara Candidate returned Purusottam Nayak July 1955 - October 1956 Phulbani Udayagiri (ST) Death of Balakrishna Mallick Sarangdhar Pradhan Padampur (ST) Death of Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha Bolangir Resignation of Nandakishore Mishra Nandakishore Mishra

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