Elections to the seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1977.
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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Constituencies
The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.
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
| 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
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