1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1977.^[1]

1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nilamani Routray Binayak Acharya Party JP INC Leader's seat Basudebapur(won) Bolangir(lost) Seats won 110 26 Seat change New 43 Popular vote 25,27,787 15,94,505 Percentage 49.2% 31.00
CM before election Vacant President's rule Elected CM Nilamani Routray Janata Party

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.^[2]

Political Parties

In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Orissa Janata Party. Orissa Janata Party which also included Indian National Congress (O) – where "O" stood for "Organisation" or "Old" along with Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh came together to form Janata Party to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R).

Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, and Janata Party took part in the assembly election.

Results

Source: Election Commission of India^[3]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Janata Party		2,527,787	49.17	(new)	147	110	(new)
		Indian National Congress		1,594,505	31.02	6.42	146	26	43
		Communist Party of India		183,485	3.57	1.3	25	1	6
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		45,219	0.88	0.3	4	1	3
	-	Independents	-	738,545	14.37	1.38	264	9	2
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				5,140,549	40.67
Invalid Votes				140,861	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				5,281,410	41.79
Abstentation				7,357,972	-
Total No. of Electors				12,639,382

Elected members

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Winner Candidate	Party
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hemram		Janata Party
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Kanhuram Hembram		Janata Party
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Sunaram Soren		Janata Party
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Arjun Majhi		Janata Party
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Purusottam Naik		Janata Party
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Niranjan Hembram		Janata Party
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Ram Chandar Kisku		Janata Party
	9	Khunta (ST)	Ramesh Soren		Indian National Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Birabhadra Singh		Janata Party
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Sushant Chand		Janata Party
	12	Jaleswar	Gadadhar Giri		Janata Party
	13	Basta	Maheshwar Baug		Janata Party
	14	Balasore	Kartik Chandar Rout		Janata Party
	15	Soro	Haraprasad Mohapatra		Janata Party
	16	Simulia	Gopinath Das		Janata Party
	17	Nilgiri	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj		Janata Party
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Kapila Charan Sethi		Janata Party
	19	Bhadrak	Ratnakar Mohanty		Janata Party
	20	Dhamnagar	Hrudananda Mallick		Janata Party
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Gangadhar Das		Janata Party
	22	Basudevpur	Nilamani Routray		Janata Party
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Ananda Manjari Devi		Janata Party
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Party
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Jaganath Malik		Janata Party
	26	Dharamsala	Rabi Das		Janata Party
	27	Barchana	Managobinda Samal		Janata Party
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Srikant Kumar Jena		Janata Party
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Santanu Kumar Das		Janata Party
	30	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb		Janata Party
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Tapas Kumar Das		Janata Party
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Party
	33	Kendrapara	Bed Prakash Agrawal		Janata Party
	34	Patkura	Prahallad Mallick		Janata Party
	35	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		Janata Party
	36	Ersama	Damodar Rout		Janata Party
	37	Balikuda	Umesh Swain		Janata Party
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Kanduri Charan Mallik		Janata Party
	39	Kissannagar	Batakrishna Jena		Janata Party
	40	Mahanga	Pradipta Kishore Das		Janata Party
	41	Salepur (SC)	Kalindi Charan Behera		Janata Party
	42	Gobindpur	Panchanan Kanungo		Janata Party
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Sangram Keshari Mohapatra		Janata Party
	44	Cuttack City	Biswanath Pandit		Janata Party
	45	Choudwar	Rajkishore Ram		Janata Party
	46	Banki	Jogesh Chandra Rout		Indian National Congress
	47	Athgarh	Rasmanjari Devi		Janata Party
	48	Baramba	Trilochan Singh Deo		Independent
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Gopinath Bhoi		Janata Party
	50	Bhubaneswar	Satyapriya Mohanty		Janata Party
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray		Janata Party
	52	Pipli	Kiran Lekha Mohanty		Janata Party
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Govinda Chandra Sethi		Janata Party
	54	Kakatpur	Surendra Nath Naik		Janata Party
	55	Satyabadi	Chandra Madhab Misra		Janata Party
	56	Puri	Braja Kishore Tripathy		Janata Party
	57	Brahmagiri	Ajay Kumar Jena		Janata Party
	58	Chilka	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Janata Party
	59	Khurda	Sudarsan Mohanty		Janata Party
	60	Begunia	Chintamani Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
	61	Ranpur	Ramesh Chandra Panda		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	62	Nayagarh	Bhagabat Behera		Janata Party
	63	Khandapara	Satyasundar Mishra		Independent
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karan		Indian National Congress
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Udayanath Naik		Janata Party
	66	Bhanjanagar	Jami Subba Rao Prusty		Janata Party
	67	Suruda	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo		Janata Party
	68	Aska	Harihar Swain		Janata Party
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Tarini Patnaik		Janata Party
	70	Kodala	Ram Krushna Patnaik		Janata Party
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Janata Party
	72	Chatrapur	Biswanath Sahu		Communist Party of India
	73	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak		Indian National Congress
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Ghansyam Behera		Indian National Congress
	75	Berhampur	Ratna Manjari Devi		Independent
	76	Chikiti	Jagannath Pati		Janata Party
	77	Mohana	Udaya Narayan Devi		Independent
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Gorosang Savara		Indian National Congress
	79	Parlakhemundi	Bijaya Kumar Jena		Independent
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Ramachandra		Indian National Congress
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Akhili Saunta		Janata Party
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Jayaram Pangi		Janata Party
	85	Koraput	Harish Chandra Buxipatra		Janata Party
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Naka Kannaya		Janata Party
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Prahalad Dora		Janata Party
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Domburu Majhi		Indian National Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Shyamoghono Majhi		Janata Party
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi		Janata Party
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Ghasiram Majhi		Janata Party
	95	Khariar	Kapil Narayan Tiwari		Independent
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Gajanan Nayak		Indian National Congress
	97	Koksara	Rasa Behari Behera		Indian National Congress
	98	Junagarh	Maheshwar Barad		Indian National Congress
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Nayak		Indian National Congress
	100	Narla (ST)	Tejraj Majhi		Indian National Congress
	101	Kesinga	Nagendranath Choudhury		Janata Party
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sadananda Konhor		Independent
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Ranjit Kumar Pradhan		Janata Party
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Prahallad Behera		Janata Party
	105	Boudh	Natabar Pradhan		Janata Party
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Lalit Mohan Gandhi		Indian National Congress
	107	Kantabanji	Prasanna Kumar Pal		Indian National Congress
	108	Patnagarh	Bibekananda Meher		Janata Party
	109	Saintala	Subash Chandra Bag		Janata Party
	110	Loisingha	Ram Prasad Misra		Janata Party
	111	Bolangir	Muralidhar Guru		Janata Party
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Debaraj Seth		Janata Party
	113	Binka	Parakhita Karana		Independent
	114	Birmaharajpur	Surendra Pradhan		Janata Party
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Balakrushna Pattanayak		Janata Party
	116	Angul	Adwait Prasad Singh		Janata Party
	117	Hindol (SC)	Trinath Naik		Janata Party
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy		Janata Party
	119	Gondia	Haldnar Misra		Janata Party
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak		Janata Party
	121	Pallahara	Dharanidhar Pradhan		Independent
	122	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera		Janata Party
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha		Janata Party
	124	Melchhamunda	Birendra Kumar Sahoo		Janata Party
	125	Bijepur	Nityananda Gartia		Janata Party
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Bimbadhar Kuanr		Janata Party
	127	Bargarh	Nabin Kumar Pradhan		Janata Party
	128	Sambalpur	Jhasketan Sahoo		Janata Party
	129	Brajarajnagar	Upendra Diksit		Indian National Congress
	130	Jharsuguda	Sairindra Nayak		Indian National Congress
	131	Laikera (ST)	Rameshwar Singh Naik		Janata Party
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha		Indian National Congress
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Basanta Kumar Mahananda		Janata Party
	134	Deogarh	Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb		Janata Party
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Kishore Chandra Patel		Indian National Congress
	136	Talsara (ST)	Ignace Majhi		Janata Party
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Brajamohan Kishan		Janata Party
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Prem Chand Bhagat		Janata Party
	139	Rourkela	Braja Kishore Mohanty		Janata Party
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Rabi Dehuri		Janata Party
	141	Bonai (ST)	Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat		Janata Party
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Saharai Oram		Janata Party
	143	Patna	Maheswar Majhi		Janata Party
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Kumar Majhi		Janata Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Niladri Naik		Janata Party
	146	Ramchandrapur	Khirod Prasad Swain		Janata Party
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Makar Sethi		Janata Party

Government Formation

The Janata Party emerged again as the winner by winning 78% of the seats with a vote share of 49%. Nilamani Routray become the Chief Minister of the state.

See also

• 1977 elections in India
• 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
• 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election