1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

1977 Assembly election in Orissa September 2020 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election India parliamentary No 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1974 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1980 6 October 1977 All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 Janata Party 100px Nilamani Routray Basudebapur(won) 110 New 25,27,787 49.2% Indian National Congress 100px Binayak Acharya Bolangir(lost) 26 43 15,94,505 31.00 CM Vacant President's rule Nilamani Routray Janata Party Elections to the seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1977.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3623-orissa-1977/ 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election Election Commission of India 8 September 2020 Constituencies The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977 Elections.in 8 September 2020 Political Parties In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Orissa Janata Party. Orissa 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 +Source: Election Commission of Indiahttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3623-orissa-1977/ 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election Election Commission of India 8 September 2020File:India Odisha Legislative Assembly. 1977.svgPartyPopular voteSeatsFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−Janata Party 50x50px Janata Party 50x50px 2,527,78749.17147110Indian National Congress 50x50px Indian National Congress 50x50px 1,594,50531.02 6.4214626 43Communist Party of India 50x50px Communist Party of India 50x50px 183,4853.57 1.3251 6Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50x50px Communist Party of India (Marxist) 50x50px 45,219 0.88 0.341 3Independent (politician) - Independents - 738,54514.37 1.382649 2Total-100--147-Valid Votes 5,140,54940.67Invalid Votes140,861 -Total Votes polled / turnout 5,281,41041.79Abstentation7,357,972 -Total No. of Electors 12,639,382 Elected members DistrictAC. No. Constituency Winner Candidate PartyMayurbhanj1 Karanjia (ST) Raghunath Hemram Janata Party2 Jashipur (ST) Kanhuram Hembram Janata Party3 Bahalda (ST) Sunaram Soren Janata Party4 Rairangpur (ST) Arjun Majhi Janata Party5 Bangriposi (ST) Purusottam Naik Janata Party6 Kuliana (ST) Niranjan Hembram Janata Party7 Baripada Prasanna Kumar Dash Indian National Congress8 Baisinga (ST) Ram Chandar Kisku Janata Party9 Khunta (ST) Ramesh Soren Indian National Congress10 Udala (ST) Birabhadra Singh Janata PartyBaleshwar11 Bhograi Sushant Chand Janata Party12 Jaleswar Gadadhar Giri Janata Party13 Basta Maheshwar Baug Janata Party14 Balasore Kartik Chandar Rout Janata Party15 Soro Haraprasad Mohapatra Janata Party16 Simulia Gopinath Das Janata Party17 Nilgiri Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Janata Party18 Bhandaripokhari (SC) Kapila Charan Sethi Janata Party19 Bhadrak Ratnakar Mohanty Janata Party20 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mallick Janata Party21 Chandbali (SC) Gangadhar Das Janata Party22 Basudevpur Nilamani Routray Janata PartyCuttack23 Sukinda Ananda Manjari Devi Janata Party24 Korai Ashok Kumar Das Janata Party25 Jajpur (SC) Jaganath Malik Janata Party26 Dharamsala Rabi Das Janata Party27 Barchana Managobinda Samal Janata Party28 Bari-Derabisi Srikant Kumar Jena Janata Party29 Binjharpur (SC) Santanu Kumar Das Janata Party30 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb Janata Party31 Patamundai (SC) Tapas Kumar Das Janata Party32 Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty Janata Party33 Kendrapara Bed Prakash Agrawal Janata Party34 Patkura Prahallad Mallick Janata Party35 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty Janata Party36 Ersama Damodar Rout Janata Party37 Balikuda Umesh Swain Janata Party38 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik Janata Party39 Kissannagar Batakrishna Jena Janata Party40 Mahanga Pradipta Kishore Das Janata Party41 Salepur (SC) Kalindi Charan Behera Janata Party42 Gobindpur Panchanan Kanungo Janata Party43 Cuttack Sadar Sangram Keshari Mohapatra Janata Party44 Cuttack City Biswanath Pandit Janata Party45 Choudwar Rajkishore Ram Janata Party46 Banki Jogesh Chandra Rout Indian National Congress47 Athgarh Rasmanjari Devi Janata Party48 Baramba Trilochan Singh Deo Independent (politician)Puri49 Balipatna (SC) Gopinath Bhoi Janata Party50 Bhubaneswar Satyapriya Mohanty Janata Party51 Jatni Suresh Kumar Routray Janata Party52 Pipli Kiran Lekha Mohanty Janata Party53 Nimapara (SC) Govinda Chandra Sethi Janata Party54 Kakatpur Surendra Nath Naik Janata Party55 Satyabadi Chandra Madhab Misra Janata Party56 Puri Braja Kishore Tripathy Janata Party57 Brahmagiri Ajay Kumar Jena Janata Party58 Chilka Biswabhusan Harichandan Janata Party59 Khurda Sudarsan Mohanty Janata Party60 Begunia Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress61 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda Communist Party of India (Marxist) yes62 Nayagarh Bhagabat Behera Janata Party63 Khandapara Satyasundar Mishra Independent (politician)64 Daspalla Harihar Karan Indian National CongressGanjam65 Jaganathprasad (SC) Udayanath Naik Janata Party66 Bhanjanagar Jami Subba Rao Prusty Janata Party67 Suruda Ananta Narayan Singh Deo Janata Party68 Aska Harihar Swain Janata Party69 Kabisuryanagar Tarini Patnaik Janata Party70 Kodala Ram Krushna Patnaik Janata Party71 Khallikote V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Janata Party72 Chatrapur Biswanath Sahu Communist Party of India73 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak Indian National Congress74 Gopalpur (SC) Ghansyam Behera Indian National Congress75 Berhampur Ratna Manjari Devi Independent (politician)76 Chikiti Jagannath Pati Janata Party77 Mohana Udaya Narayan Devi Independent (politician)78 Ramagiri (ST) Gorosang Savara Indian National Congress79 Parlakhemundi Bijaya Kumar Jena Independent (politician)Koraput80 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango Indian National Congress81 Bissam-cuttack (ST) Dambarudhar Ulaka Indian National Congress82 Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Ramachandra Indian National Congress83 Lakshmipur (ST) Akhili Saunta Janata Party84 Pottangi (ST) Jayaram Pangi Janata Party85 Koraput Harish Chandra Buxipatra Janata Party86 Malkangiri (SC) Naka Kannaya Janata Party87 Chitrakonda (ST) Prahalad Dora Janata Party88 Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi Indian National Congress89 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik Indian National Congress90 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan Indian National Congress91 Kodinga (ST) Domburu Majhi Indian National Congress92 Dabugam (ST) Shyamoghono Majhi Janata Party93 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Janata PartyKalahandi94 Nawapara Ghasiram Majhi Janata Party95 Khariar Kapil Narayan Tiwari Independent (politician)96 Dharamgarh (SC) Gajanan Nayak Indian National Congress97 Koksara Rasa Behari Behera Indian National Congress98 Junagarh Maheshwar Barad Indian National Congress99 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Nayak Indian National Congress100 Narla (ST) Tejraj Majhi Indian National Congress101 Kesinga Nagendranath Choudhury Janata PartyPhulabani102 Balliguda (ST) Sadananda Konhor Independent (politician)103 Udayagiri (ST) Ranjit Kumar Pradhan Janata Party104 Phulbani (SC) Prahallad Behera Janata Party105 Boudh Natabar Pradhan Janata PartyBalangir106 Titilagarh (SC) Lalit Mohan Gandhi Indian National Congress107 Kantabanji Prasanna Kumar Pal Indian National Congress108 Patnagarh Bibekananda Meher Janata Party109 Saintala Subash Chandra Bag Janata Party110 Loisingha Ram Prasad Misra Janata Party111 Bolangir Muralidhar Guru Janata Party112 Sonepur (SC) Debaraj Seth Janata Party113 Binka Parakhita Karana Independent (politician)114 Birmaharajpur Surendra Pradhan Janata PartyDhenkanal115 Athmallik Balakrushna Pattanayak Janata Party116 Angul Adwait Prasad Singh Janata Party117 Hindol (SC) Trinath Naik Janata Party118 Dhenkanal Nandini Satpathy Janata Party119 Gondia Haldnar Misra Janata Party120 Kamakhyanagar Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak Janata Party121 Pallahara Dharanidhar Pradhan Independent (politician)122 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Janata PartySambalpur123 Padampur Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha Janata Party124 Melchhamunda Birendra Kumar Sahoo Janata Party125 Bijepur Nityananda Gartia Janata Party126 Bhatli (SC) Bimbadhar Kuanr Janata Party127 Bargarh Nabin Kumar Pradhan Janata Party128 Sambalpur Jhasketan Sahoo Janata Party129 Brajarajnagar Upendra Diksit Indian National Congress130 Jharsuguda Sairindra Nayak Indian National Congress131 Laikera (ST) Rameshwar Singh Naik Janata Party132 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha Indian National Congress133 Rairakhol (SC) Basanta Kumar Mahananda Janata Party134 Deogarh Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb Janata PartySundergarh135 Sundargarh Kishore Chandra Patel Indian National Congress136 Talsara (ST) Ignace Majhi Janata Party137 Rajgangpur (ST) Brajamohan Kishan Janata Party138 Biramitrapur (ST) Prem Chand Bhagat Janata Party139 Rourkela Braja Kishore Mohanty Janata Party140 Raghunathpali (ST) Rabi Dehuri Janata Party141 Bonai (ST) Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat Janata PartyKeonjhar142 Champua (ST) Saharai Oram Janata Party143 Patna Maheswar Majhi Janata Party144 Keonjhar (ST) Kumar Majhi Janata Party145 Telkoi (ST) Niladri Naik Janata Party146 Ramchandrapur Khirod Prasad Swain Janata Party147 Anandapur (SC) Makar Sethi Janata Party Government Formation 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 1977 elections in India 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election References Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha Odisha Category:1970s in Orissa