1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the seventh Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1977.

1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

1977
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 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

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 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

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.

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 (SC/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

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