Ganatantra Parishad
GP- Also seen as
- ganatantra parishad, all india ganatantra parishad
- Merged into
- SWA(1962)— merged into the Odisha unit of the Swatantra Party after the 1962 election
About Ganatantra Parishad
Formed by former rulers of Odisha's princely states and large landlords, evolving from the Koshal Utkal Praja Parishad (1948) into a full party in 1950 under Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo. After Odisha's minority Congress government fell, Ganatantra Parishad formed a coalition government with the Congress in May 1959. The party merged into the Odisha unit of the Swatantra Party in 1962; Singh Deo later became Chief Minister of Odisha (1967–1971) leading Swatantra.
- Key leaders
- Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo — party president, 1950–1962; later Chief Minister of Odisha, 1967–1971, as a Swatantra Party leader
Source: All India Ganatantra Parishad — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.
Election record
Every election where GP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.
| Lok Sabha | 1962 | 4 | 3,42,970 | 0.3% | 10 | #9 |
| OD Assembly | 1961 | 37 | 6,55,099 | 22.3% | 121 | #2 |
| Lok Sabha | 1957 | 5 | 12,91,141 | 1.1% | 15 | #5 |
| OD Assembly | 1957 | 32 | 12,23,014 | 28.7% | 108 | #2 |
| BR Assembly | 1951 | 1 | 14,237 | 0.1% | 1 | #10 |
| Lok Sabha | 1951 | 3 | 9,59,749 | 0.9% | 12 | #10 |
| OD Assembly | 1951 | 20 | 7,53,685 | 20.5% | 58 | #2 |
Peak: 37 seats at the Odisha Assembly Election, 1961.