The Indian National Congress won a comfortable margin with 286 of the 430 Vidhan Sabha seats, although it was less of a majority than in the previous election in 1951.

He succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant of his party and served as a Chief Minister from 1954 to 1960.

In 1960, due to a political crisis initiated by Kamlapati Tripathi and Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Sampurnanand was asked to quit the post of Chief Minister and was sent to Rajasthan as the Governor.

[2][3] Pandit Dev Narayan ‘Bhartiya’, the First Revolutionist of the North India, from the Constituency, Jamaur Shahjahanpur(U.P.)

Another fact about him is that he did not let any Congress Candidate win nearby his constituency, thus four seats (Jamaur, Tilhar, Khera Bajehra, Jalalabad) were secured by Ram Manohar Lohia's Socialist Party, under the guidance of Pandit Dev Narayan 'Bhartiya'.