1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
74 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nilamani Routray Binayak Acharya
Party JP INC
Leader's seat
Basudevpur
Bolangir
Seats won 110 26
Seat change New Decrease 25
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

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

Constituencies

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

Political parties

In 1974,

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

The

Chief Minister
of the state.

Results

Party Candidates Elected Votes Vote %
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

# Constituency Reserved for
(
ST
/None) 		Winner Candidate Party
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

See also

References

  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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