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 Basudebapur(won) Bolangir(lost)
Seats won 110 26
Seat change New Decrease 43
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

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

Political Parties

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In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Odisha Janata Party. Odisha 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

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Source: Election Commission of India[3]
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 Decrease 6.42 146 26 Decrease 43
Communist Party of India 183,485 3.57 Decrease 1.3 25 1 Decrease 6
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 45,219 0.88 Decrease 0.3 4 1 Decrease 3
- Independents - 738,545 14.37 Decrease 1.38 264 9 Decrease 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

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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

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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

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ "1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.