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Elections to the 8th term of the Legislative Assembly in Orissa were held in May 1980, 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 Nilamani Routray of the Janata Party enjoying majority support in the Assembly, thereby leading to imposition of President’s rule. Fresh elections were held in May of the same year, with candidates from political parties contesting for a total of 147 Assembly constituencies. Out of these total 147 constituencies, 91 were for general candidates, 22 seats were reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates and 34 reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates. The Indian National Congress (I) won with a thumping majority, bagging 118 out of the 147 Assembly constituencies in which it contested, and hence formed the government in the state. No other party managed to bag seats in double-digits.

A descendent of the Coorg Dewans, Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha remained the Governor of Orissa during this tenure, though for brief periods in between, he was substituted by acting Governors in his place. From 1983 to the end of this tenure, Padma Shri Bishambhar Nath Pande was made the Governor of the state. Somnath Rath was the Speaker of the Orissa Vidhan Sabha during this period, before Prasanna Kumar Dash took over as Speaker in 1984. Himansu Shekhar Padhi was the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik of the Indian National Congress was the Chief Minister of Orissa during this period, while Sarat Deb of the United Front was the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly.

Some of the most important legislations passed in the Orissa Legislative Assembly during this period were:

Orissa Appropriation Act, 1980
Orissa Escheats (Amendment) Act, 1980
Orissa Debt Relief Act, 1980
Orissa Military Police Act, 1980
Orissa Irrigation (Amendment) Act, 1981
Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1981
Orissa Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1981
Orissa Higher Secondary Education Act, 1982
Orissa development Authorities Act, 1982
Orissa Gram Raksha (Amendment) Act, 1983
Orissa Apartment Ownership Act, 1982
Orissa Civil Court Act, 1984

List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1980

A.C. No.	Constituency Name	Type A.C.	Winner Candidate	Gender	Party
1	Karanjia	(ST)	Raghunath Hembram	M	JNP(SC)
2	Jashipur	(ST)	Sundar Mohan Majhi	M	INC(I)
3	Bahalda	(ST)	Rama Chandra Hansdah	M	INC(I)
4	Rairangpur	(ST)	Sidhalal Murmu	M	INC(I)
5	Bangriposi	(ST)	Kangoi Singh	M	INC(I)
6	Kuliana	(ST)	Saraswati Hembram	F	INC(I)
7	Baripada	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Dash	M	INC(I)
8	Baisinga	(ST)	Kuanria Majhi	M	INC(I)
9	Khunta	(ST)	Ramesh Soren	M	INC(I)
10	Udala	(ST)	Rauaneswar Madhei	M	INC(I)
11	Bhograi	Gen	Kartikeswar Patra	M	INC(I)
12	Jaleswar	Gen	Gadadhar Giri	M	JNP(JP)
13	Basta	Gen	Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
14	Balasore	Gen	Arun Dey	M	CPI
15	Soro	Gen	Pitambar Panda	M	CPI
16	Simulia	Gen	Parsuram Panigrahi	M	JNP(JP)
17	Nilgiri	Gen	Akshaya Kumar Acharya	M	INC(I)
18	Bhandaripokhari	(SC)	Purusottam Sethi	M	INC(I)
19	Bhadrak	Gen	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik	M	INC(I)
20	Dhamnagar	Gen	Jagannath Rout	M	INC(I)
21	Chandbali	(SC)	Netrananda Mallick	M	INC(I)
22	Basudevpur	Gen	Jagabandhu Das	M	INC(I)
23	Sukinda	Gen	Sarat Rout	M	INC(I)
24	Korai	Gen	Ashok Kumar Das	M	JNP(SC)
25	Jajpur	(SC)	Niranjan Jena	M	INC(I)
26	Dharamsala	Gen	Kangali Panda	M	IND
27	Barchana	Gen	Sitakanta Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
28	Bari-Derabisi	Gen	Srikanta Kumar Jena	M	JNP(SC)
29	Binjharpur	(SC)	Naba Kishore Mallik	M	INC(I)
30	Aul	Gen	Sarat Deb	M	JNP(SC)
31	Patamundai	(SC)	Biswanath Mallik	M	INC(I)
32	Rajanagar	Gen	Nalinikanta Mohanty	M	JNP(SC)
33	Kendrapara	Gen	Indramani Rout	M	INC(I)
34	Patkura	Gen	Biju Patnaik	M	JNP(SC)
35	Tirtol	Gen	Basant Kumar Biswal	M	INC(I)
36	Ersama	Gen	Damodar Rout	M	JNP(SC)
37	Balikuda	Gen	Basudev Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
38	Jagatsinghpur	(SC)	Krushna Chandra Mallik	M	INC(I)
39	Kissannagar	Gen	Surendranath Patnaik	M	IND
40	Mahanga	Gen	Sk. Matlub Ali	M	INC(I)
41	Salepur	(SC)	Mayadhar Sethi	M	INC(I)
42	Gobindpur	Gen	Antarjyami Pradhan	M	JNP(SC)
43	Cuttack Sadar	Gen	Dolagobinda Pradhan	M	INC(I)
44	Cuttack City	Gen	Srikant Panda	M	INC(I)
45	Choudwar	Gen	Kanhu Charan Lanka	M	INC(I)
46	Banki	Gen	Akshaya Kumar Patnaik	M	INC(I)
47	Athagarh	Gen	Rasananda Sahoo	M	INC(I)
48	Baramba	Gen	Samir Kumar Routray	M	INC(I)
49	Balipatna	(SC)	Basanta Behera	M	INC(I)
50	Bhubaneswar	Gen	Rama Krushna Pati	M	CPI
51	Jatni	Gen	Suresh Kumar Routray	M	INC(I)
52	Pipili	Gen	Bipin Das	M	INC(I)
53	Nimapara	(SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	M	INC(I)
54	Kakatpur	Gen	Baikunthanath Swain	M	INC(I)
55	Satyabadi	Gen	Rabindra Kumar Das	M	INC(I)
56	Puri	Gen	Gadadhar Mishra	M	INC(I)
57	Brahmagiri	Gen	Gangadhar Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
58	Chilka	Gen	Debendranath Mansingh	M	INC(I)
59	Khurda	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Patsani	M	INC(I)
60	Begunia	Gen	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
61	Ranpur	Gen	Ramakant Mishra	M	INC(I)
62	Nayagarh	Gen	Bansidhar Sahoo	M	INC(I)
63	Khandapada	Gen	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj	M	IND
64	Daspalla	Gen	Harihar Karan	M	INC(I)
65	Jagannathprasad	(SC)	Sribatcha Naik	M	INC(I)
66	Bhanjanagar	Gen	Somnath Rath	M	INC(I)
67	Surada	Gen	Gantayat Swain	M	INC(I)
68	Aska	Gen	Raghaba Parida	M	INC(I)
69	Kavisuryanagar	Gen	Radha Govinda Sahu	M	INC(I)
70	Kodala	Gen	Kanhu Charan Naik	M	INC(I)
71	Khallikote	Gen	Trinath Samantary	M	INC(I)
72	Chhatrapur	Gen	Biswanath Sahu	M	CPI
73	Hinjili	Gen	Brundaban Nayak	M	JNP(SC)
74	Gopalpur	(SC)	Ghanashyam Behera	M	INC(I)
75	Berhampur	Gen	Krushna Charan Patnaik	M	INC(I)
76	Chikiti	Gen	Chintamani Dyan Samatra	M	IND
77	Mohana	Gen	Udaya Narayan Dev	M	JNP(SC)
78	Ramagiri	(ST)	Gorsanga Savara	M	INC(I)
79	Parlakhemundi	Gen	Bijoy Kumar Jena	M	IND
80	Gunupur	(ST)	Bhagirathi Gamango	M	INC(I)
81	Bissam Cuttack	(ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka	M	INC(I)
82	Rayagada	(ST)	Ulaka Ramchandra	M	INC(I)
83	Laxmipur	(ST)	Anantaram Majhi	M	INC(I)
84	Pottangi	(ST)	Chandrama Santa	F	INC(I)
85	Koraput	Gen	Nrusinghananda Brahma	M	INC(I)
86	Malkangiri	(SC)	Naka Laxmaya	M	INC(I)
87	Chitrakonda	(ST)	Gangadhar Madi	M	INC(I)
88	Kotpad	(ST)	Basudev Majhi	M	INC(I)
89	Jeypore	Gen	Raghunath Patnaik	M	INC(I)
90	Nowrangpur	Gen	Habibulla Khan	M	INC(I)
91	Kodinga	(ST)	Domberu Majhi	M	INC(I)
92	Dabugam	(ST)	Phulamani Santa	F	INC(I)
93	Umarkote	(ST)	Parama Pujari	F	INC(I)
94	Nawapara	Gen	Bhanu Prakash Joshi	M	INC(I)
95	Khariar	Gen	Anup Singh Deo	M	IND
96	Dharamgarh	(SC)	Gajanan Nayak	M	INC(I)
97	Koksara	Gen	Monmohan Mathur	M	INC(I)
98	Junagarh	Gen	Maheswar Barad	M	INC(I)
99	Bhawanipatna	(SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	M	INC(I)
100	Narla	(ST)	Tejraj Majhi	M	INC(I)
101	Kesinga	Gen	Bhupinder Singh	M	INC(I)
102	Baliguda	(ST)	Sahura Mallik	M	INC(I)
103	Udayagiri	(ST)	Nagarjun Pradhan	M	INC(I)
104	Phulbani	(SC)	Chandra Sekhar Behera	M	INC(I)
105	Boudh	Gen	Himanshu Sekhar Pandhi	M	INC(I)
106	Titlagarh	(SC)	Lalit Mohan Gandhi	M	INC(I)
107	Kantabanji	Gen	Prasanna Kumar Pal	M	INC(I)
108	Patnagarh	Gen	Brajamohan Thakur	M	INC(I)
109	Saintala	Gen	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	M	INC(I)
110	Loisingha	Gen	Balgopal Mishra	M	IND
111	Bolangir	Gen	Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan	M	INC(I)
112	Sonepur	(SC)	Dhaneswar Kumbhar	M	INC(I)
113	Binka	Gen	Pradipt Hota	M	INC(I)
114	Birmaharajpur	Gen	Hrushikesh Hota	M	INC(I)
115	Athmallik	Gen	Bhajaman Behera	M	INC(I)
116	Angul	Gen	Santosh Kumar Pradhan	M	INC(I)
117	Hindol	(SC)	Trinath Nayak	M	JNP(SC)
118	Dhenkanal	Gen	Nandini Satpathy	F	INC(U)
119	Gondia	Gen	Haladhar Mishra	M	INC(U)
120	Kamakhyanagar	Gen	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	M	INC(I)
121	Pallahara	Gen	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	M	INC(I)
122	Talcher	(SC)	Brundaban Bahera	M	JNP(JP)
123	Padampur	Gen	Satya Bhusan Sahu	M	INC(I)
124	Melchhamunda	Gen	Prakash Chandra Debata	M	INC(I)
125	Bijepur	Gen	Rajib Lochan Hota	M	INC(I)
126	Bhatli	(SC)	Mohan Nag	M	INC(I)
127	Bargarh	Gen	Jadumani Padhan	M	INC(I)
128	Sambalpur	Gen	Aswini Kumar Guru	M	INC(I)
129	Brajarajnagar	Gen	Upendra Dixit	M	INC(I)
130	Jharsuguda	Gen	Birendra Pandey	M	INC(I)
131	Laikera	(ST)	Hemananda Biswal	M	INC(I)
132	Kuchinda	(ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha	M	INC(I)
133	Rairakhol	(SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar	M	INC(I)
134	Deogarh	Gen	Aswini Kumar Behera	M	INC(I)
135	Sundargarh	Gen	Kishore Chandra Patal	M	INC(I)
136	Talsara	(ST)	Gajadhar Majhi	M	INC(I)
137	Rajgangpur	(ST)	Mukharam Naik	M	INC(I)
138	Biramitrapur	(ST)	Jumus Bilung	M	INC(I)
139	Rourkela	Gen	Gurupada Nanda	M	INC(I)
140	Raghunathpalli	(ST)	Nelson Soreng	M	INC(I)
141	Bonai	(ST)	Basanta Kumar Dandapat	M	INC(I)
142	Champua	(ST)	Saharei Oram	M	JNP(SC)
143	Patna	(ST)	Hrusikesh Naik	M	JNP(SC)
144	Keonjhar	(ST)	Jogendra Naik	M	INC(I)
145	Telkoi	(ST)	Chandrasen Nayak	M	INC(I)
146	Ramchandrapur	Gen	Niranjan Patnaik	M	INC(I)
147	Anandapur	(SC)	Jayadeb Jena	M	INC(I)

List of Participating Political Parties in Orissa Assembly Election in 1980

Partytype Abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1	BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	CPI	Communist Party of India
3	CPM	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4	INC(I)	Indian National Congress (I)
5	INC(U)	Indian National Congress (U)
6	JNP(JP)	Janata Party (JP)
7	JNP(SC)	Janata Party (Secular) - CH. Charan Singh
8	JNP(SR)	Janata Party (Secular) Raj Narain
State Parties
9	FBL	All India Forward Bloc
10	RSP	Revolutionary Socialist Party
Registered(Unrecognised ) Parties
11	JKD	Jharkhand Party
12	SUC	Socialist Unity Centre of India
Independents
13	IND	Independents

Last Updated on August 11, 2014