1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly; 110 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Vacant; President's rule	Chief Minister ; ; Nilamani Routray; Janata Party

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

Constituencies[edit]

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

Political Parties[edit]

In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Odisha Janata Party. Odisha Janata Party includes Indian National Congress (O) – where "O" stood for "Organisation" or "Old", Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the "Grand Alliance" to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R) and the alliance was named as Janata Party.

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

Government[edit]

Janata Party 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.

Results[edit]

Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	No. of votes	%
Janata Party	147	110	2527787	49.2%
Indian National Congress	146	26	1594505	31.0%
Independents	264	9	738545	14.4%
Communist Party of India	25	1	183485	3.6%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4	1	45219	0.9%
All India Jharkhand Party	10	0	25002	0.5%
Socialist Unity Centre of India	6	0	18773	0.4%
Jharkhand Party	2	0	7233	0.1%

Winning candidates[edit]

#	Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Winner Candidate
1	Karanjia	ST	Raghunath Hemram	Janata Party
2	Jashipur	ST	Kanhuram Hembram	Janata Party
3	Rairangpur	ST	Sunaram Soren	Janata Party
4	Bahalda	ST	Arjun Majhi	Janata Party
5	Bangriposi	ST	Purusottam Naik	Janata Party
6	Kuliana	Gen	Niranjan Hembram	Janata Party
7	Baripada	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Indian National Congress
8	Baisinga	ST	Ram Chandar Kisku	Janata Party
9	Khunta	Gen	Ramesh Soren	Indian National Congress
10	Udala	ST	Birabhadra Singh	Janata Party
11	Bhograi	Gen	Sushant Chand	Janata Party
12	Jaleswar	Gen	Gadadhar Giri	Janata Party
13	Basta	Gen	Maheshwar Baug	Janata Party
14	Balasore	Gen	Kartik Chandar Rout	Janata Party
15	Soro	Gen	Haraprasad Mohapatra	Janata Party
16	Simulia	SC	Gopinath Das	Janata Party
17	Nilgiri	Gen	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj	Janata Party
18	Bhandaripokhari	Gen	Kapila Charan Sethi	Janata Party
19	Bhadrak	Gen	Ratnakar Mohanty	Janata Party
20	Dhamnagar	Gen	Hrudananda Mullick	Janata Party
21	Chandbali	SC	Gangadhar Das	Janata Party
22	Basudevpur	Gen	Nilamani Routray	Janata Party
23	Sukinda	Gen	Ananda Manjari Devi	Janata Party
24	Korai	Gen	Ashok Kumar Das	Janata Party
25	Jajpur	SC	Jagannath Malik	Janata Party
26	Dharamsala	Gen	Rabi Das	Janata Party
27	Barchana	Gen	Managobinda Samal	Janata Party
28	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Srikant Kumar Jena	Janata Party
29	Binjharpur	SC	Santanu Kumar Das	Janata Party
30	Aul	Gen	Sarat Kumar Deb	Janata Party
31	Patamundai	SC	Tapas Kumar Das	Janata Party
32	Rajanagar	Gen	Nalinikanta Mohanty	Janata Party
33	Kendrapara	Gen	Bed Prakas Agarwal	Janata Party
34	Patkura	Gen	Prahallad Mallick	Janata Party
35	Tirtol	Gen	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Janata Party
36	Ersama	Gen	Damodar Rout	Janata Party
37	Balikuda	Gen	Umesh Swain	Janata Party
38	Jagatsinghpur	SC	Kanduri Charan Mallik	Janata Party
39	Kissannagar	Gen	Batakrishna Jena	Janata Party
40	Mahanga	Gen	Pradipta Kishore Das	Janata Party
41	Salepur	Gen	Kalandi Behera	Janata Party
42	Gobindpur	Gen	Panchanan Kanungo	Janata Party
43	Cuttack Sadar	SC	Sangram Keshari Mohapatra	Janata Party
44	Cuttack City	Gen	Biswanath Pandit	Janata Party
45	Choudwar	Gen	Rajkishore Ram	Janata Party
46	Banki	Gen	Jogesh Chandra Rout	Indian National Congress
47	Athagarh	Gen	Rasmanjari Devi	Janata Party
48	Baramba	Gen	Trilochan Singh Deo	Janata Party
49	Balipatna	SC	Gopinath Bhoi	Janata Party
50	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Satyapriya Mohanty	Janata Party
51	Jatni	Gen	Suresh Kumar Rautra	Janata Party
52	Pipili	Gen	Kiran Lekha Mohanty	Janata Party
53	Nimapara	SC	Govinda Chandra Sethi	Janata Party
54	Kakatpur	Gen	Surendranath Naik	Janata Party
55	Satyabadi	Gen	Chandramadhab Misra	Janata Party
56	Puri	Gen	Braja Kishore Tripathy	Janata Party
57	Brahmagiri	Gen	Ajaya Kumar Jena	Janata Party
58	Chilka	Gen	Biswabhusan Harichandan	Janata Party
59	Khurda	Gen	Sudarsan Mohanty	Janata Party
60	Begunia	Gen	Chintamani Panigrahi	Indian National Congress
61	Ranpur	Gen	Ramesh Chandra Panda	Communist Party of India
62	Nayagarh	Gen	Bhagabat Behera	Janata Party
63	Khandapada	Gen	Satyasundar Mishra	Independent
64	Daspalla	SC	Harihar Karan	Indian National Congress
65	Jagannathprasad	SC	Udayanath Naik	Janata Party
66	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Jami Subarao Prusty	Janata Party
67	Surada	Gen	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo	Janata Party
68	Aska	Gen	Harihar Swain	Janata Party
69	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Tarini Patnaik	Janata Party
70	Kodala	Gen	Ramkrishna Patanaik	Janata Party
71	Khallikote	Gen	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Janata Party
72	Chhatrapur	Gen	Biswanath Sahu	Communist Party of India
73	Hinjili	Gen	Brundaban Naik	Indian National Congress
74	Gopalpur	SC	Ghansyam Behera	Indian National Congress
75	Berhampur	Gen	Ratnamanjari Debi	Independent
76	Chikiti	Gen	Atchidananda Deo	Indian National Congress
77	Mohana	ST	Udaya Narayan Devl	Independent
78	Ramagiri	ST	Gorosang Soboro	Indian National Congress
79	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Bijaya Kumar Jena	Independent
80	Gunupur	ST	Bhagirathi Comango	Indian National Congress
81	Bissam Cuttack	ST	Dambarrudhar Ulaka	Indian National Congress
82	Rayagada	ST	Ulkaka Ramachandra	Indian National Congress
83	Laxmipur	ST	Akhili Saunta	Janata Party
84	Pottangi	ST	Jayaram Pangi	Janata Party
85	Koraput	ST	Harish Chandra Bazipatra	Janata Party
86	Malkangiri	SC	Naka Kannaya	Janata Party
87	Chitrakonda	ST	Prahallad Dora	Janata Party
88	Kotpad	ST	Basudev Majhi	Indian National Congress
89	Jeypore	Gen	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
90	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	Indian National Congress
91	Kodinga	SC	Domburu Majhi	Indian National Congress
92	Dabugam	ST	Dombaru Majhi	Janata Party
93	Umarkote	ST	Rabisingh Majhi	Janata Party
94	Nawapara	ST	Ghasiram Majhi	Janata Party
95	Khariar	Gen	Kapil Narayan Tiwari	Independent
96	Dharamgarh	SC	Gajanan Nayak	Indian National Congress
97	Koksara	Gen	Rasa Behari Behera	Indian National Congress
98	Junagarh	Gen	Maheshwar Barad	Indian National Congress
99	Bhawanipatna	SC	Dayanidhi Nayak	Indian National Congress
100	Narla	SC	Tejraj Majhi	Indian National Congress
101	Kesinga	Gen	Nagendranath Choudhury	Janata Party
102	Baliguda	ST	Sadananda Konhor	Independent
103	Udayagiri	ST	Ranjit Kumar Pradhan	Janata Party
104	Phulbani	SC	Prahallad Behera	Janata Party
105	Boudh	Gen	Natabar Pradhan	Janata Party
106	Titlagarh	SC	Lalit Mohan Gandhi	Indian National Congress
107	Kantabanji	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Pal	Indian National Congress
108	Patnagarh	Gen	Bibekananda Meher	Janata Party
109	Saintala	Gen	Subash Chandra Bag	Janata Party
110	Loisingha	Gen	Ram Prasad Misra	Janata Party
111	Bolangir	Gen	Muralidhar Guru	Janata Party
112	Sonepur	Gen	Debraj Seth	Janata Party
113	Binka	Gen	Parakhita Karna	Independent
114	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Surendra Pradhan	Janata Party
115	Athmallik	Gen	Balakrushna Pattanayak	Janata Party
116	Angul	Gen	Adwati Prasad Singh	Janata Party
117	Hindol	SC	Trinath Naik	Janata Party
118	Dhenkanal	Gen	Nandini Satpathy	Janata Party
119	Gondia	Gen	Haldnar Misra	Janata Party
120	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak	Janata Party
121	Pallahara	Gen	Dharanidhar Pradhan	Independent
122	Talcher	SC	Brundaban Behera	Janata Party
123	Padampur	Gen	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha	Janata Party
124	Melchhamunda	Gen	Birendra Kumar Sahoo	Janata Party
125	Bijepur	Gen	Nityananda Gartia	Janata Party
126	Bhatli	Gen	Bimbadhar Kuar	Janata Party
127	Bargarh	SC	Nabin Kumar Padhan	Janata Party
128	Sambalpur	Gen	Jhasketan Sahoo	Janata Party
129	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Upendra Dikshit	Indian National Congress
130	Jharsuguda	Gen	Sairindra Nayak	Indian National Congress
131	Laikera	ST	Rameshwar Singh Naik	Janata Party
132	Kuchinda	ST	Jagateshwar Mirdha	Indian National Congress
133	Rairakhol	SC	Basanta Kumar Mohananda	Janata Party
134	Deogarh	Gen	Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb	Janata Party
135	Sundargarh	Gen	Kishore Chandra Patel	Indian National Congress
136	Talsara	ST	Ignes Majhi	Janata Party
137	Rajgangpur	ST	Brajamohan Kishan	Janata Party
138	Biramitrapur	ST	Prem Chand Bhagat	Janata Party
139	Rourkela	Gen	Braja Kishore Mohanty	Janata Party
140	Raghunathpalli	ST	Rabi Dehuri	Janata Party
141	Bonai	ST	Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat	Janata Party
142	Champua	ST	Saharei Oram	Janata Party
143	Patna	ST	Maheswar Majhi	Janata Party
144	Keonjhar	ST	Kumar Majhi	Janata Party
145	Telkoi	ST	Niladri Naik	Janata Party
146	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Khirod Prasad Swain	Janata Party
147	Anandapur	SC	Makar Sethi	Janata Party

References[edit]

↑ "1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
↑ "List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977". Elections.in. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

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[1] "1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[2] "List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977". Elections.in. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

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