Elections to the seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1977.

Constituencies

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

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 IndiaPartyPopular voteSeatsFlagNameSymbolVotes%±ppContestedWon+/− Janata Party 2,527,78749.17147110 Indian National Congress 1,594,50531.02 6.4214626 43 Communist Party of India 183,4853.57 1.3251 6 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 45,219 0.88 0.341 3 - 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 2 Jashipur (ST) Kanhuram Hembram 3 Bahalda (ST) Sunaram Soren 4 Rairangpur (ST) Arjun Majhi 5 Bangriposi (ST) Purusottam Naik 6 Kuliana (ST) Niranjan Hembram 7 Baripada Prasanna Kumar Dash 8 Baisinga (ST) Ram Chandar Kisku 9 Khunta (ST) Ramesh Soren 10 Udala (ST) Birabhadra Singh Baleshwar11 Bhograi Sushant Chand 12 Jaleswar Gadadhar Giri 13 Basta Maheshwar Baug 14 Balasore Kartik Chandar Rout 15 Soro Haraprasad Mohapatra 16 Simulia Gopinath Das 17 Nilgiri Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj 18 Bhandaripokhari (SC) Kapila Charan Sethi 19 Bhadrak Ratnakar Mohanty 20 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mallick 21 Chandbali (SC) Gangadhar Das 22 Basudevpur Nilamani Routray Cuttack23 Sukinda Ananda Manjari Devi 24 Korai Ashok Kumar Das 25 Jajpur (SC) Jaganath Malik 26 Dharamsala Rabi Das 27 Barchana Managobinda Samal 28 Bari-Derabisi Srikant Kumar Jena 29 Binjharpur (SC) Santanu Kumar Das 30 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb 31 Patamundai (SC) Tapas Kumar Das 32 Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty 33 Kendrapara Bed Prakash Agrawal 34 Patkura Prahallad Mallick 35 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 36 Ersama Damodar Rout 37 Balikuda Umesh Swain 38 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik 39 Kissannagar Batakrishna Jena 40 Mahanga Pradipta Kishore Das 41 Salepur (SC) Kalindi Charan Behera 42 Gobindpur Panchanan Kanungo 43 Cuttack Sadar Sangram Keshari Mohapatra 44 Cuttack City Biswanath Pandit 45 Choudwar Rajkishore Ram 46 Banki Jogesh Chandra Rout 47 Athgarh Rasmanjari Devi 48 Baramba Trilochan Singh Deo Puri49 Balipatna (SC) Gopinath Bhoi 50 Bhubaneswar Satyapriya Mohanty 51 Jatni Suresh Kumar Routray 52 Pipli Kiran Lekha Mohanty 53 Nimapara (SC) Govinda Chandra Sethi 54 Kakatpur Surendra Nath Naik 55 Satyabadi Chandra Madhab Misra 56 Puri Braja Kishore Tripathy 57 Brahmagiri Ajay Kumar Jena 58 Chilka Biswabhusan Harichandan 59 Khurda Sudarsan Mohanty 60 Begunia Chintamani Panigrahi 61 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda 62 Nayagarh Bhagabat Behera 63 Khandapara Satyasundar Mishra 64 Daspalla Harihar Karan Ganjam65 Jaganathprasad (SC) Udayanath Naik 66 Bhanjanagar Jami Subba Rao Prusty 67 Suruda Ananta Narayan Singh Deo 68 Aska Harihar Swain 69 Kabisuryanagar Tarini Patnaik 70 Kodala Ram Krushna Patnaik 71 Khallikote V. Sugnana Kumari Deo 72 Chatrapur Biswanath Sahu 73 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 74 Gopalpur (SC) Ghansyam Behera 75 Berhampur Ratna Manjari Devi 76 Chikiti Jagannath Pati 77 Mohana Udaya Narayan Devi 78 Ramagiri (ST) Gorosang Savara 79 Parlakhemundi Bijaya Kumar Jena Koraput80 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango 81 Bissam-cuttack (ST) Dambarudhar Ulaka 82 Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Ramachandra 83 Lakshmipur (ST) Akhili Saunta 84 Pottangi (ST) Jayaram Pangi 85 Koraput Harish Chandra Buxipatra 86 Malkangiri (SC) Naka Kannaya 87 Chitrakonda (ST) Prahalad Dora 88 Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi 89 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik 90 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 91 Kodinga (ST) Domburu Majhi 92 Dabugam (ST) Shyamoghono Majhi 93 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Kalahandi94 Nawapara Ghasiram Majhi 95 Khariar Kapil Narayan Tiwari 96 Dharamgarh (SC) Gajanan Nayak 97 Koksara Rasa Behari Behera 98 Junagarh Maheshwar Barad 99 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Nayak 100 Narla (ST) Tejraj Majhi 101 Kesinga Nagendranath Choudhury Phulabani102 Balliguda (ST) Sadananda Konhor 103 Udayagiri (ST) Ranjit Kumar Pradhan 104 Phulbani (SC) Prahallad Behera 105 Boudh Natabar Pradhan Balangir106 Titilagarh (SC) Lalit Mohan Gandhi 107 Kantabanji Prasanna Kumar Pal 108 Patnagarh Bibekananda Meher 109 Saintala Subash Chandra Bag 110 Loisingha Ram Prasad Misra 111 Bolangir Muralidhar Guru 112 Sonepur (SC) Debaraj Seth 113 Binka Parakhita Karana 114 Birmaharajpur Surendra Pradhan Dhenkanal115 Athmallik Balakrushna Pattanayak 116 Angul Adwait Prasad Singh 117 Hindol (SC) Trinath Naik 118 Dhenkanal Nandini Satpathy 119 Gondia Haldnar Misra 120 Kamakhyanagar Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak 121 Pallahara Dharanidhar Pradhan 122 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Sambalpur123 Padampur Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha 124 Melchhamunda Birendra Kumar Sahoo 125 Bijepur Nityananda Gartia 126 Bhatli (SC) Bimbadhar Kuanr 127 Bargarh Nabin Kumar Pradhan 128 Sambalpur Jhasketan Sahoo 129 Brajarajnagar Upendra Diksit 130 Jharsuguda Sairindra Nayak 131 Laikera (ST) Rameshwar Singh Naik 132 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 133 Rairakhol (SC) Basanta Kumar Mahananda 134 Deogarh Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb Sundergarh135 Sundargarh Kishore Chandra Patel 136 Talsara (ST) Ignace Majhi 137 Rajgangpur (ST) Brajamohan Kishan 138 Biramitrapur (ST) Prem Chand Bhagat 139 Rourkela Braja Kishore Mohanty 140 Raghunathpali (ST) Rabi Dehuri 141 Bonai (ST) Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat Keonjhar142 Champua (ST) Saharai Oram 143 Patna Maheswar Majhi 144 Keonjhar (ST) Kumar Majhi 145 Telkoi (ST) Niladri Naik 146 Ramchandrapur Khirod Prasad Swain 147 Anandapur (SC) Makar Sethi

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

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