1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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, 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

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.