1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| country = India

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = No

| previous_election = 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year = 1974

| next_election = 1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

| next_year = 1980

| election_date = 1977

| seats_for_election = All 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

| majority_seats = 74

| party1 = Janata Party

| image1 =

| leader1 = Nilamani Routray

| leaders_seat1 = Basudebapur(won)

| seats1 = 110

| seat_change1 = New

| popular_vote1 = 25,27,787

| percentage1 = 49.2%

| swing1 =

| party2 = Indian National Congress (I)

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=0}}

| leader2 = Binayak Acharya

| leaders_seat2 = Bolangir(lost)

| seats2 = 26

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 25

| popular_vote2 = 15,94,505

| percentage2 = 31.00

| swing2 =

| title = CM

| before_election = Vacant

| before_party = President's rule

| after_election = Nilamani Routray

| after_party = Janata Party

}}

Elections to the seventh Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1977.{{cite news|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3623-orissa-1977/|title=1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|work=Election Commission of India |access-date=8 September 2020}}

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.{{cite news|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977|work=Elections.in|access-date=8 September 2020}}

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

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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%

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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

class ="wikitable sortable"

! #

! Constituency

!Reserved for
(SC/ST/None)

! Winner Candidate

!colspan=2| Party

| Koronjiā

| ST

| Raghunath Hemram

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Jashipur

| ST

| Kanhuram Hembram

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Rairongopur

| ST

| Sunaram Soren

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bāhālodā

| ST

| Arjun Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bāngiriposi

| ST

| Purusottam Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kuliānā

| Gen

| Niranjan Hembram

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bāripadā

| Gen

| Prasanna Kumar Dash

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Baisinga

| ST

| Ram Chandar Kisku

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Khuntā

| Gen

| Ramesh Soren

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Udalā

| ST

| Birabhadra Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bhogorai

| Gen

| Sushant Chand

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Jaleswara

| Gen

| Gadadhar Giri

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bosta

| Gen

| Maheshwar Baug

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Balasore

| Gen

| Kartik Chandar Rout

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Soro

| Gen

| Haraprasad Mohapatra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Simulia

| SC

| Gopinath Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Nilawgiri

| Gen

| Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bhondaripokhori

| Gen

| Kapila Charan Sethi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bhadrak

| Gen

| Ratnakar Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Dhāmanagar

| Gen

| Hrudananda Mallick

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Chāndabāli

| SC

| Gangadhar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Basudebapur

| Gen

| Nilamani Routray

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Sukindā

| Gen

| Ananda Manjari Devi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Korei

| Gen

| Ashok Kumar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Jājapur

| SC

| Jagannath Malik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Dharmasālā

| Gen

| Rabi Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Barchanā

| Gen

| Managobinda Samal

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bari-Derabisi

| Gen

| Srikānta Kumar Jena

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Binjhārpur

| SC

| Santanu Kumar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Aul(Aali)

| Gen

| Sarat Kumar Deb

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Pattāmundāi

| SC

| Tapas Kumar Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Rājanagar

| Gen

| Nalinikanta Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kendrāparā

| Gen

| Beda Prakasa Agrawala

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Pātakurā

| Gen

| Prahallad Mallick

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Tirtol

| Gen

| Pratap Chandra Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Erasama

| Gen

| Damodar Rout

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bālikudā

| Gen

| Umesh Swain

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Jagatsinghpur

| SC

| Kanduri Charan Mallik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kisannagar

| Gen

| Batakrishna Jena

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Māhāngā

| Gen

| Pradipta Kishore Das

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Salepur

| Gen

| Kalandi Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Gobindopur

| Gen

| Panchanan Kanungo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Cuttack Sadar

| SC

| Sangram Keshari Mohapatra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Cuttack City

| Gen

| Biswanath Pandit

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Choudwār

| Gen

| Rajkishore Ram

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bānki

| Gen

| Jogesh Chandra Rout

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Āthagarh

| Gen

| Rasmanjari Devi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Barambā

| Gen

| Trilochan Singh Deo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bālipātana

| SC

| Gopinath Bhoi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bhubaneswar

| Gen

| Satyapriya Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Jatani

| Gen

| Suresh Kumar Rautra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Pipili

| Gen

| Kiran Lekha Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Nimāparā

| SC

| Govinda Chandra Sethi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kākatapur

| Gen

| Surendranath Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Satyabādi

| Gen

| Chandramadhab Misra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Puri

| Gen

| Braja Kishore Tripathy

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bramhagiri

| Gen

| Ajaya Kumar Jena

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Chilika

| Gen

| Biswabhusan Harichandan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Khordha

| Gen

| Sudarsan Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Begunia

| Gen

| Chintamani Panigrahi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Rånåpur

| Gen

| Ramesh Chandra Panda

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| Nayagarh

| Gen

| Bhagabat Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Khandapadā

| Gen

| Satyasundar Mishra

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| Daspalla

| SC

| Harihar Karan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Jagannāthaprasāda

| SC

| Udayanath Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Bhanjanagar

| Gen

| J. Subba Rao Prusty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Surada

| Gen

| Ananta Narayan Singh Deo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Asika

| Gen

| Harihar Swain

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kabisurjyanagar

| Gen

| Tarini Patnaik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kodala

| Gen

| Ramakrushna Patnaik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Khalikote

| Gen

| V. Sugnana Kumari Deo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Chhatrapur

| Gen

| Biswanath Sahu

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

| Hinjili

| Gen

| Brundaban Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Gopalapur

| SC

| Ghansyam Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Bramhapur

| Gen

| Ratnamanjari Debi

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| Chikiti

| Gen

| Atchidananda Deo

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Mohana

| ST

| Udaya Narayan Devl

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| Ramāgiri

| ST

| Gorosang Soboro

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Pāralākhemundi

| Gen

| Bijaya Kumar Jena

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| Gunupur

| ST

| Bhagirathi Comango

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Bhīsma Katak

| ST

| Dambarrudhar Ulaka

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Rayagada

| ST

| Ramachandra Ulaka

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Laxmipur

| ST

| Akhili Saunta

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Pottangi

| ST

| Jayaram Pangi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Koraput

| ST

| Harischandra Baxipatra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Malkangiri

| SC

| Naka Kannaya

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Chitrakonda

| ST

| Prahallad Dora

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Kotpad

| ST

| Basudev Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Jayapur

| Gen

| Raghunath Patnaik

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Nabarangpur

| Gen

| Habibulla Khan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Kodinga

| SC

| Domburu Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Dabugam

| ST

| Dombaru Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Amarkote

| ST

| Rabisingh Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Nuapara

| ST

| Ghasiram Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

| Khariar(Khadiyal)

| Gen

| Kapila Narayana Tiadi

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| Dharmagarh

| SC

| Gajanan Nayak

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Kokosora

| Gen

| Rasa Behari Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Junagarh

| Gen

| Maheshwar Barad

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| Bhabānipātanā

| SC

| Dayanidhi Nayak

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

100

| Narlā

| SC

| Tejraj Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

101

| Kesingā

| Gen

| Nagendranath Choudhury

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

102

| Bāligudā

| ST

| Sadananda Konhor

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

103

| Udayagiri

| ST

| Ranjit Kumar Pradhan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

104

| Phulbāni

| SC

| Prahallad Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

105

| Boudh

| Gen

| Natabar Pradhan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

106

| Titilagarh

| SC

| Lalit Mohan Gandhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

107

| Kåntābānji

| Gen

| Prasanna Kumar Pal

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

108

| Patanāgarh

| Gen

| Bibekananda Meher

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

109

| Saintala

| Gen

| Subash Chandra Bag

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

110

| Loisingā

| Gen

| Ram Prasad Misra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

111

| Bolāngir

| Gen

| Muralidhar Guru

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

112

| Subarnapur

| Gen

| Debraj Seth

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

113

| Binika

| Gen

| Parakhita Karna

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

114

| Birmaharajpur

| Gen

| Surendra Pradhan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

115

| Athmallik

| Gen

| Balakrushna Pattanayak

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

116

| Anugul

| Gen

| Adwati Prasad Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

117

| Hindol

| SC

| Trinath Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

118

| Dhenkanal

| Gen

| Nandini Satpathy

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

119

| Gondia

| Gen

| Haldnar Misra

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

120

| Kamakhyanagar

| Gen

| Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

121

| Pallahara

| Gen

| Dharanidhar Pradhan

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

122

| Talcher

| SC

| Brundaban Behera

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

123

| Padmapur

| Gen

| Bikramaditya Singh Bariha

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

124

| Melchhamunda

| Gen

| Birendra Sahoo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

125

| Bijepur

| Gen

| Nityananda Garttia

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

126

| Bhatli

| Gen

| Bimbadhar Kuanr

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

127

| Baragarh

| SC

| Nabin Pradhan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

128

| Sambalpur

| Gen

| Jhasketan Sahoo

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

129

| Brajarajnagar

| Gen

| Upendra Dikhit

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

130

| Jharsuguda

| Gen

| Sairindra Nayak

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

131

| Laikera

| ST

| Rameshwar Singh Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

132

| Kuchinda

| ST

| Jagateswar Mirdha

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

133

| Rairakhol/Redhakhol

| SC

| Basanta Kumar Mohananda

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

134

| Deogarh

| Gen

| Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

135

| Sundargarh

| Gen

| Kishore Chandra Patel

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

136

| Talasara

| ST

| Ignes Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

137

| Rājgāngpur

| ST

| Brajamohan Kishan

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

138

| Biramitrapur

| ST

| Prem Chand Bhagat

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

139

| Rourkela

| Gen

| Braja Kishore Mohanty

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

140

| Raghunathpāli

| ST

| Rabi Dehuri

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

141

| Bonai

| ST

| Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

142

| Champuā

| ST

| Saharei Oram

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

143

| Pātanā

| ST

| Maheswar Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

144

| Kendujhar

| ST

| Kumar Majhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

145

| Telkoi

| ST

| Niladri Naik

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

146

| Ramachandrapur

| Gen

| Khirod Prasad Swain

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

147

| Anandapur

| SC

| Makar Sethi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

References

Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha

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1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Constituencies

Political parties

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Results

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See also

References