1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
110 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
Chief Minister before election

Vacant
President's rule

Chief Minister


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[]

Janata Party 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 No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes %
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 Janata Party
2 Jashipur ST Janata Party
3 Rairangpur ST Janata Party
4 ST Janata Party
5 Bangriposi ST Janata Party
6 Gen Janata Party
7 Baripada Gen Indian National Congress
8 ST Janata Party
9 Gen Indian National Congress
10 Udala ST Janata Party
11 Bhograi Gen Janata Party
12 Jaleswar Gen Janata Party
13 Basta Gen Janata Party
14 Balasore Gen Janata Party
15 Soro Gen Janata Party
16 Simulia SC Gopinath Das Janata Party
17 Nilgiri Gen Janata Party
18 Bhandaripokhari Gen Janata Party
19 Bhadrak Gen Janata Party
20 Dhamnagar Gen Janata Party
21 Chandbali SC Janata Party
22 Basudevpur Gen Nilamani Routray Janata Party
23 Sukinda Gen Janata Party
24 Korai Gen Ashok Kumar Das Janata Party
25 Jajpur SC Janata Party
26 Dharamsala Gen Rabi Das Janata Party
27 Barchana Gen Managobinda Samal Janata Party
28 Gen Srikant Kumar Jena Janata Party
29 Binjharpur SC Janata Party
30 Aul Gen Sarat Kumar Deb Janata Party
31 SC Janata Party
32 Rajanagar Gen Janata Party
33 Kendrapara Gen Janata Party
34 Patkura Gen Janata Party
35 Tirtol Gen Pratap Chandra Mohanty Janata Party
36 Gen Janata Party
37 Gen Janata Party
38 Jagatsinghpur SC Janata Party
39 Gen Janata Party
40 Mahanga Gen Janata Party
41 Salepur Gen Janata Party
42 Gen Janata Party
43 Cuttack Sadar SC Janata Party
44 Gen Janata Party
45 Choudwar Gen Janata Party
46 Banki Gen Indian National Congress
47 Athagarh Gen Janata Party
48 Baramba Gen Janata Party
49 SC Janata Party
50 Gen Janata Party
51 Gen Janata Party
52 Pipili Gen Janata Party
53 Nimapara SC Janata Party
54 Kakatpur Gen Janata Party
55 Satyabadi Gen Janata Party
56 Puri Gen Braja Kishore Tripathy Janata Party
57 Brahmagiri Gen Janata Party
58 Gen Biswabhusan Harichandan Janata Party
59 Khurda Gen Janata Party
60 Begunia Gen Chintamani Panigrahi Indian National Congress
61 Ranpur Gen Communist Party of India
62 Nayagarh Gen Bhagabat Behera Janata Party
63 Khandapada Gen Independent
64 Daspalla SC Indian National Congress
65 SC Janata Party
66 Bhanjanagar Gen Janata Party
67 Surada Gen Janata Party
68 Aska Gen Harihar Swain Janata Party
69 Gen Janata Party
70 Gen Janata Party
71 Khallikote Gen V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Janata Party
72 Chhatrapur Gen Communist Party of India
73 Hinjili Gen Indian National Congress
74 Gopalpur SC Indian National Congress
75 Berhampur Gen Independent
76 Chikiti Gen Indian National Congress
77 Mohana ST Independent
78 ST Indian National Congress
79 Parlakhemundi Gen Independent
80 Gunupur ST Indian National Congress
81 Bissam Cuttack ST Indian National Congress
82 Rayagada ST Indian National Congress
83 Laxmipur ST Janata Party
84 Pottangi ST Jayaram Pangi Janata Party
85 Koraput ST Janata Party
86 Malkangiri SC Janata Party
87 Chitrakonda ST Janata Party
88 Kotpad ST Indian National Congress
89 Jeypore Gen Raghunath Patnaik Indian National Congress
90 Gen Indian National Congress
91 SC Indian National Congress
92 Dabugam ST Janata Party
93 Umarkote ST Janata Party
94 ST Janata Party
95 Khariar Gen Independent
96 Dharamgarh SC Indian National Congress
97 Gen Indian National Congress
98 Junagarh Gen Indian National Congress
99 Bhawanipatna SC Indian National Congress
100 Narla SC Indian National Congress
101 Gen Janata Party
102 Baliguda ST Independent
103 ST Janata Party
104 Phulbani SC Janata Party
105 Boudh Gen Janata Party
106 Titlagarh SC Lalit Mohan Gandhi Indian National Congress
107 Kantabanji Gen Indian National Congress
108 Patnagarh Gen Janata Party
109 Gen Janata Party
110 Loisingha Gen Janata Party
111 Bolangir Gen Janata Party
112 Sonepur Gen Janata Party
113 Gen Independent
114 Birmaharajpur Gen Janata Party
115 Athmallik Gen Janata Party
116 Angul Gen Janata Party
117 Hindol SC Janata Party
118 Dhenkanal Gen Nandini Satpathy Janata Party
119 Gen Janata Party
120 Kamakhyanagar Gen Janata Party
121 Pallahara Gen Independent
122 Talcher SC Janata Party
123 Padampur Gen Janata Party
124 Gen Janata Party
125 Bijepur Gen Janata Party
126 Bhatli Gen Janata Party
127 Bargarh SC Janata Party
128 Sambalpur Gen Janata Party
129 Brajarajnagar Gen Indian National Congress
130 Jharsuguda Gen Indian National Congress
131 ST Janata Party
132 Kuchinda ST Indian National Congress
133 Rairakhol SC Janata Party
134 Deogarh Gen Janata Party
135 Sundargarh Gen Indian National Congress
136 Talsara ST Janata Party
137 Rajgangpur ST Janata Party
138 Biramitrapur ST Janata Party
139 Rourkela Gen Janata Party
140 ST Janata Party
141 Bonai ST Janata Party
142 Champua ST Janata Party
143 Patna ST Janata Party
144 Keonjhar ST Kumar Majhi Janata Party
145 Telkoi ST Janata Party
146 Gen Janata Party
147 Anandapur SC 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.
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