Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1977

Elections to the 7th term of the Legislative Assembly in Orissa were held in 1977, after President’s rule was imposed in the state for a brief prior period. The Government was dismissed in spite of the then Chief Minister Binayak Acharya of the Congress enjoying majority support in the Assembly, thereby leading to imposition of President’s rule. Fresh elections were held in June of the same year, with candidates from political parties contesting for a total of 147 Assembly constituencies. The newly formed Janata Party, which was an amalgamation of Socialist Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal and the Congress (O) won with a thumping majority, bagging 110 out of the 147 Assembly constituencies in which it contested and hence forming the government in the state. The Congress managed to bag a mere 26 seats in the state.

Harcharan Singh Brar was the Governor of Orissa for the first few months of the Seventh Assembly, before this prestigious post was taken over by the first Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, popularly called Panditji. Panditji remained the Governor of the state till the end of this tenure. Satyapriya Mohanty was the Speaker of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period, while Surendra Nath Nayak was the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. Nilamani Routray of the Janata Party was the Chief Minister of Orissa during this period, while Chintamani Panigrahi was the Leader of Opposition in the Orissa Assembly.

Routray contributed to the economic, social and political uplifting of the state of Orissa during his regime. He was a founder of the Orissa unit of All India Students' Federation. Some of the significant legislations passed in the Assembly in this period were:

• Orissa Appropriation Act, 1977
• Orissa Panchayat Samiti (Re-Election of Office Bearers) Act, 1977
• Orissa Contingency Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 1977
• Orissa University Laws (Amendment) Act, 1978
• Orissa Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1978
• Orissa State Aid to Industries Act, 1978
• Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, 1978
• Orissa Aided Educational Institutions (Appointment of Teachers Second Validation) Act, 1978
• Orissa Appropriation Act, 1979
• Orissa Secondary Education (Amendment) Act, 1979
• Societies Registration (Orissa Amendment) Act, 1979
• Orissa Agricultural Income-Tax Law Repealing Act, 1979
• Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1979

List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Gender	Party
1	Karanjia	(ST)	Raghunath Hemram	M	JNP
2	Jashipur	(ST)	Kanhuram Hembram	M	JNP
3	Bahalda	(ST)	Sunaram Soren	M	JNP
4	Rairangpur	(ST)	Arjun Majhi	M	JNP
5	Bangriposi	(ST)	Purusottam Naik	M	JNP
6	Kuliana	(ST)	Niranjan Hembram	M	JNP
7	Baripada	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Dash	M	INC
8	Baisinga	(ST)	Ram Chandar Kisku	M	JNP
9	Khunta	(ST)	Ramesh Soren	M	INC
10	Udala	(ST)	Birabhadra Singh	M	JNP
11	Bhograi	Gen	Sushant Chand	M	JNP
12	Jaleswar	Gen	Gadadhar Giri	M	JNP
13	Basta	Gen	Maheshwar Baug	M	JNP
14	Balasore	Gen	Kartik Chandar Rout	M	JNP
15	Soro	Gen	Haraprasad Mohapatra	M	JNP
16	Simulia	Gen	Gopinath Das	M	JNP
17	Nilgiri	Gen	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj	M	JNP
18	Bhandaripokhari	(SC)	Kapila Charan Sethi	M	JNP
19	Bhadrak	Gen	Ratnakar Mohanty	M	JNP
20	Dhamnagar	Gen	Hrudananda Mallick	M	JNP
21	Chandbali	(SC)	Gangadhar Das	M	JNP
22	Basudevpur	Gen	Nilamoni Routray	M	JNP
23	Sukinda	Gen	Ananda Manjari Devi	F	JNP
24	Korai	Gen	Ashok Kumar Das	M	JNP
25	Jajpur	(SC)	Jagannath Malik	M	JNP
26	Dharamsala	Gen	Rabi Das	M	JNP
27	Barchana	Gen	Managobinda Samal	M	JNP
28	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Srikant Kumar Jena	M	JNP
29	Binjharpur	(SC)	Santanu Kumar Das	M	JNP
30	Aul	Gen	Sarat Kumar Deb	M	JNP
31	Patamundai	(SC)	Tapas Kumar Das	M	JNP
32	Rajanagar	Gen	Nalinikanta Mohanty	M	JNP
33	Kendrapara	Gen	Bed Prakas Agarwal	M	JNP
34	Patkura	Gen	Prahallad Mallick	M	JNP
35	Tirtol	Gen	Pratap Chandra Mahanty	M	JNP
36	Ersama	Gen	Damodar Rout	M	JNP
37	Balikuda	Gen	Umesh Swain	M	JNP
38	Jagatsinghpur	(SC)	Kanduri Charan Mallik	M	JNP
39	Kissannagar	Gen	Batakrishna Jena	M	JNP
40	Mahanga	Gen	Pradipta Kishore Das	M	JNP
41	Salepur	(SC)	Kalandi Behera	M	JNP
42	Gobindpur	Gen	Panchanan Kanungo	M	JNP
43	Cuttack Sadar	Gen	Sangram Keshari Mohapatra	M	JNP
44	Cuttack City	Gen	Biswanath Pandit	M	JNP
45	Choudwar	Gen	Rajkishore Ram	M	JNP
46	Banki	Gen	Jogesh Chandra Rout	M	INC
47	Athagarh	Gen	Rasmanjari Devi	F	JNP
48	Baramba	Gen	Rajasahib Trilochan Singh Deo	M	IND
49	Balipatna	(SC)	Gopinath Bhoi	M	JNP
50	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Satyapriya Mohanty	M	JNP
51	Jatni	Gen	Sures Kumar Rautra	M	JNP
52	Pipili	Gen	Kiran Lekha Mohanty	F	JNP
53	Nimapara	(SC)	Govind Chandra Sethi	M	JNP
54	Kakatpur	Gen	Surendra Nath Naik	M	JNP
55	Satyabadi	Gen	Chandra Madhab Misra	M	JNP
56	Puri	Gen	Braja Kishore Tripathy	M	JNP
57	Brahmagiri	Gen	Ajaya Kumar Jena	M	JNP
58	Chilka	Gen	Biswa Bhusan Harichandan	M	JNP
59	Khurda	Gen	Sudarsan Mohanty	M	JNP
60	Begunia	Gen	Chintamani Panigrahi	M	INC
61	Ranpur	Gen	Ramesh Chandra Panda	M	CPM
62	Nayagarh	Gen	Bhagabat Behera	M	JNP
63	Khandapada	Gen	Satyasundar Mishra	M	IND
64	Daspalla	Gen	Harihar Karan	M	INC
65	Jagannathprasad	(SC)	Udayanath Naik	M	JNP
66	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Jami Subarao Prusty	M	JNP
67	Surada	Gen	Ananta Narayan Singhdeo	M	JNP
68	Aska	Gen	Harihar Swain	M	JNP
69	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Tarini Patnaik	M	JNP
70	Kodala	Gen	Ram Kruhna Patnaik	M	JNP
71	Khallikote	Gen	Sugnana Kumari Deo	F	JNP
72	Chhatrapur	Gen	Biswanath Sahu	M	CPI
73	Hinjili	Gen	Brundaban Nayak	M	INC
74	Gopalpur	(SC)	Ghansyam Behera	M	INC
75	Berhampur	Gen	Ratnamanjari Debi	F	IND
76	Chikiti	Gen	Jagannath Pati	M	JNP
77	Mohana	Gen	Udaya Narayan Dev	M	IND
78	Ramagiri	(ST)	Gorsango Savara	M	INC
79	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Bijaya Kumar Jena	M	IND
80	Gunupur	(ST)	Bhagirathi Comango	M	INC
81	Bissam Cuttack	(ST)	Dambarrudhar Ulaka	M	INC
82	Rayagada	(ST)	Ulkaka Ramachandra	M	INC
83	Laxmipur	(ST)	Akhili Saunta	M	JNP
84	Pottangi	(ST)	Jayaram Pangi	M	JNP
85	Koraput	Gen	Harish Chandra Bazipatra	M	JNP
86	Malkangiri	(SC)	Naka Kannaya	M	JNP
87	Chitrakonda	(ST)	Prahallad Dora	M	JNP
88	Kotpad	(ST)	Basudev Majhi	M	INC
89	Jeypore	Gen	Raghunath Patnaik	M	INC
90	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	M	INC
91	Kodinga	(ST)	Domburu Majhi	M	INC
92	Dabugam	(ST)	Shyamoghono Majhi	M	JNP
93	Umarkote	(ST)	Rabisingh Majhi	M	JNP
94	Nawapara	Gen	Ghansiram Majhi	M	JNP
95	Khariar	Gen	Kapil Narayan Tiwari	M	IND
96	Dharamgarh	(SC)	Gajanan Nayak	M	INC
97	Koksara	Gen	Rasa Behari Behera	M	INC
98	Junagarh	Gen	Maheshwar Barad	M	INC
99	Bhawanipatna	(SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	M	INC
100	Narla	(ST)	Tejraj Majhi	M	INC
101	Kesinga	Gen	Nagendranath Choudhury	M	JNP
102	Baliguda	(ST)	Sadananda Konhor	M	IND
103	Udayagiri	(ST)	Ranjit Kumar Pradhan	M	JNP
104	Phulbani	(SC)	Prahallad Behera	M	JNP
105	Boudh	Gen	Natabar Pradhan	M	JNP
106	Titlagarh	(SC)	Lalit Mohan Gandhi	M	INC
107	Kantabanji	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Pal	M	INC
108	Patnagarh	Gen	Bibekananda Meher	M	JNP
109	Saintala	Gen	Subhash Chandar Bag	M	JNP
110	Loisingha	Gen	Ram Prasad Misra	M	JNP
111	Bolangir	Gen	Muralidhar Guru	M	JNP
112	Sonepur	(SC)	Debraj Seth	M	JNP
113	Binka	Gen	Parakhita Karna	M	IND
114	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Surendra Pradhan	M	JNP
115	Athmallik	Gen	Balakrushna Pattanayak	M	JNP
116	Angul	Gen	Adwati Prasad Singh	M	JNP
117	Hindol	(SC)	Trinath Naik	M	JNP
118	Dhenkanal	Gen	Nandini Satpathy	F	JNP
119	Gondia	Gen	Haldnar Misra	M	JNP
120	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak	M	JNP
121	Pallahara	Gen	Dharanidhar Pradhan	M	IND
122	Talcher	(SC)	Brundaban Behera	M	JNP
123	Padampur	Gen	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha	M	JNP
124	Melchhamunda	Gen	Birendra Kumar Sahoo	M	JNP
125	Bijepur	Gen	Nityananda Gartia	M	JNP
126	Bhatli	(SC)	Bimbadhar Kuar	M	JNP
127	Bargarh	Gen	Nabin Kumar Padhan	M	JNP
128	Sambalpur	Gen	Jhasketan Sahoo	M	JNP
129	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Upendra Dikshit	M	INC
130	Jharsuguda	Gen	Sairindra Nayak	F	INC
131	Laikera	(ST)	Rameshwar Singh Naik	M	JNP
132	Kuchinda	(ST)	Jagateshwar Mirdha	M	INC
133	Rairakhol	(SC)	Basanta Kumar Mohananda	M	JNP
134	Deogarh	Gen	Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb	M	JNP
135	Sundargarh	Gen	Kishore Chandra Patel	M	INC
136	Talsara	(ST)	Ignes Majhi	M	JNP
137	Rajgangpur	(ST)	Brajamohan Kishan	M	JNP
138	Biramitrapur	(ST)	Prem Chand Bhagat	M	JNP
139	Rourkela	Gen	Braja Kishore Mohanty	M	JNP
140	Raghunathpalli	(ST)	Rabi Dehuri	M	JNP
141	Bonai	(ST)	Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat	M	JNP
142	Champua	(ST)	Saharei Oram	M	JNP
143	Patna	(ST)	Maheswar Majhi	M	JNP
144	Keonjhar	(ST)	Kumar Majhi	M	JNP
145	Telkoi	(ST)	Niladri Naik	M	JNP
146	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Khirod Prasad Swain	M	JNP
147	Anandapur	(SC)	Makar Sethi	M	JNP

List of Participating Political Parties in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	CPI	Communist Party of India
2	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3	INC	Indian National Congress
4	JNP	Janata Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
5	JKD	Jharkhand Party
6	JKP	All India Jharkhand Party
7	SUC	Socialist Unity Centre of India
Independents
8	IND	Independents