# 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the seventh Odisha 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 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

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.

## Results

Vote % :
| 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 | Raghunath Hemram | Janata Party |
| 2 | Jashipur | ST | Kanhuram Hembram | Janata Party |
| 3 | Rairangpur | ST | Sunaram Soren | Janata Party |
| 4 | Bahalda | ST | Arjun Majhi | Janata Party |
| 5 | Bangriposi | ST | Purusottam Naik | Janata Party |
| 6 | Kuliana | Gen | Niranjan Hembram | Janata Party |
| 7 | Baripada | Gen | Prasanna Kumar Dash | Indian National Congress |
| 8 | Baisinga | ST | Ram Chandar Kisku | Janata Party |
| 9 | Khunta | Gen | Ramesh Soren | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Udala | ST | Birabhadra Singh | Janata Party |
| 11 | Bhograi | Gen | Sushant Chand | Janata Party |
| 12 | Jaleswar | Gen | Gadadhar Giri | Janata Party |
| 13 | Basta | Gen | Maheshwar Baug | Janata Party |
| 14 | Balasore | Gen | Kartik Chandar Rout | Janata Party |
| 15 | Soro | Gen | Haraprasad Mohapatra | Janata Party |
| 16 | Simulia | SC | Gopinath Das | Janata Party |
| 17 | Nilgiri | Gen | Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj | Janata Party |
| 18 | Bhandaripokhari | Gen | Kapila Charan Sethi | Janata Party |
| 19 | Bhadrak | Gen | Ratnakar Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 20 | Dhamnagar | Gen | Hrudananda Mullick | Janata Party |
| 21 | Chandbali | SC | Gangadhar Das | Janata Party |
| 22 | Basudevpur | Gen | Nilamani Routray | Janata Party |
| 23 | Sukinda | Gen | Ananda Manjari Devi | Janata Party |
| 24 | Korai | Gen | Ashok Kumar Das | Janata Party |
| 25 | Jajpur | SC | Jagannath Malik | Janata Party |
| 26 | Dharamsala | Gen | Rabi Das | Janata Party |
| 27 | Barchana | Gen | Managobinda Samal | Janata Party |
| 28 | Bari-Derabisi | Gen | Srikant Kumar Jena | Janata Party |
| 29 | Binjharpur | SC | Santanu Kumar Das | Janata Party |
| 30 | Aul | Gen | Sarat Kumar Deb | Janata Party |
| 31 | Patamundai | SC | Tapas Kumar Das | Janata Party |
| 32 | Rajanagar | Gen | Nalinikanta Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 33 | Kendrapara | Gen | Bed Prakas Agarwal | Janata Party |
| 34 | Patkura | Gen | Prahallad Mallick | Janata Party |
| 35 | Tirtol | Gen | Pratap Chandra Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 36 | Ersama | Gen | Damodar Rout | Janata Party |
| 37 | Balikuda | Gen | Umesh Swain | Janata Party |
| 38 | Jagatsinghpur | SC | Kanduri Charan Mallik | Janata Party |
| 39 | Kissannagar | Gen | Batakrishna Jena | Janata Party |
| 40 | Mahanga | Gen | Pradipta Kishore Das | Janata Party |
| 41 | Salepur | Gen | Kalandi Behera | Janata Party |
| 42 | Gobindpur | Gen | Panchanan Kanungo | Janata Party |
| 43 | Cuttack Sadar | SC | Sangram Keshari Mohapatra | Janata Party |
| 44 | Cuttack City | Gen | Biswanath Pandit | Janata Party |
| 45 | Choudwar | Gen | Rajkishore Ram | Janata Party |
| 46 | Banki | Gen | Jogesh Chandra Rout | Indian National Congress |
| 47 | Athagarh | Gen | Rasmanjari Devi | Janata Party |
| 48 | Baramba | Gen | Trilochan Singh Deo | Janata Party |
| 49 | Balipatna | SC | Gopinath Bhoi | Janata Party |
| 50 | Bhubaneswar | Gen | Satyapriya Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 51 | Jatni | Gen | Suresh Kumar Rautra | Janata Party |
| 52 | Pipili | Gen | Kiran Lekha Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 53 | Nimapara | SC | Govinda Chandra Sethi | Janata Party |
| 54 | Kakatpur | Gen | Surendranath Naik | Janata Party |
| 55 | Satyabadi | Gen | Chandramadhab Misra | Janata Party |
| 56 | Puri | Gen | Braja Kishore Tripathy | Janata Party |
| 57 | Brahmagiri | Gen | Ajaya Kumar Jena | Janata Party |
| 58 | Chilka | Gen | Biswabhusan Harichandan | Janata Party |
| 59 | Khurda | Gen | Sudarsan Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 60 | Begunia | Gen | Chintamani Panigrahi | Indian National Congress |
| 61 | Ranpur | Gen | Ramesh Chandra Panda | Communist Party of India |
| 62 | Nayagarh | Gen | Bhagabat Behera | Janata Party |
| 63 | Khandapada | Gen | Satyasundar Mishra | Independent |
| 64 | Daspalla | SC | Harihar Karan | Indian National Congress |
| 65 | Jagannathprasad | SC | Udayanath Naik | Janata Party |
| 66 | Bhanjanagar | Gen | Jami Subarao Prusty | Janata Party |
| 67 | Surada | Gen | Ananta Narayan Singh Deo | Janata Party |
| 68 | Aska | Gen | Harihar Swain | Janata Party |
| 69 | Kavisuryanagar | Gen | Tarini Patnaik | Janata Party |
| 70 | Kodala | Gen | Ramkrishna Patanaik | Janata Party |
| 71 | Khallikote | Gen | V. Sugnana Kumari Deo | Janata Party |
| 72 | Chhatrapur | Gen | Biswanath Sahu | Communist Party of India |
| 73 | Hinjili | Gen | Brundaban Naik | Indian National Congress |
| 74 | Gopalpur | SC | Ghansyam Behera | Indian National Congress |
| 75 | Berhampur | Gen | Ratnamanjari Debi | Independent |
| 76 | Chikiti | Gen | Atchidananda Deo | Indian National Congress |
| 77 | Mohana | ST | Udaya Narayan Devl | Independent |
| 78 | Ramagiri | ST | Gorosang Soboro | Indian National Congress |
| 79 | Parlakhemundi | Gen | Bijaya Kumar Jena | Independent |
| 80 | Gunupur | ST | Bhagirathi Comango | Indian National Congress |
| 81 | Bissam Cuttack | ST | Dambarrudhar Ulaka | Indian National Congress |
| 82 | Rayagada | ST | Ulkaka Ramachandra | Indian National Congress |
| 83 | Laxmipur | ST | Akhili Saunta | Janata Party |
| 84 | Pottangi | ST | Jayaram Pangi | Janata Party |
| 85 | Koraput | ST | Harish Chandra Bazipatra | Janata Party |
| 86 | Malkangiri | SC | Naka Kannaya | Janata Party |
| 87 | Chitrakonda | ST | Prahallad Dora | Janata Party |
| 88 | Kotpad | ST | Basudev Majhi | Indian National Congress |
| 89 | Jeypore | Gen | Raghunath Patnaik | Indian National Congress |
| 90 | Nowrangpur | Gen | Habibulla Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 91 | Kodinga | SC | Domburu Majhi | Indian National Congress |
| 92 | Dabugam | ST | Dombaru Majhi | Janata Party |
| 93 | Umarkote | ST | Rabisingh Majhi | Janata Party |
| 94 | Nawapara | ST | Ghasiram Majhi | Janata Party |
| 95 | Khariar | Gen | Kapil Narayan Tiwari | Independent |
| 96 | Dharamgarh | SC | Gajanan Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 97 | Koksara | Gen | Rasa Behari Behera | Indian National Congress |
| 98 | Junagarh | Gen | Maheshwar Barad | Indian National Congress |
| 99 | Bhawanipatna | SC | Dayanidhi Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 100 | Narla | SC | Tejraj Majhi | Indian National Congress |
| 101 | Kesinga | Gen | Nagendranath Choudhury | Janata Party |
| 102 | Baliguda | ST | Sadananda Konhor | Independent |
| 103 | Udayagiri | ST | Ranjit Kumar Pradhan | Janata Party |
| 104 | Phulbani | SC | Prahallad Behera | Janata Party |
| 105 | Boudh | Gen | Natabar Pradhan | Janata Party |
| 106 | Titlagarh | SC | Lalit Mohan Gandhi | Indian National Congress |
| 107 | Kantabanji | Gen | Prasanna Kumar Pal | Indian National Congress |
| 108 | Patnagarh | Gen | Bibekananda Meher | Janata Party |
| 109 | Saintala | Gen | Subash Chandra Bag | Janata Party |
| 110 | Loisingha | Gen | Ram Prasad Misra | Janata Party |
| 111 | Bolangir | Gen | Muralidhar Guru | Janata Party |
| 112 | Sonepur | Gen | Debraj Seth | Janata Party |
| 113 | Binka | Gen | Parakhita Karna | Independent |
| 114 | Birmaharajpur | Gen | Surendra Pradhan | Janata Party |
| 115 | Athmallik | Gen | Balakrushna Pattanayak | Janata Party |
| 116 | Angul | Gen | Adwati Prasad Singh | Janata Party |
| 117 | Hindol | SC | Trinath Naik | Janata Party |
| 118 | Dhenkanal | Gen | Nandini Satpathy | Janata Party |
| 119 | Gondia | Gen | Haldnar Misra | Janata Party |
| 120 | Kamakhyanagar | Gen | Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak | Janata Party |
| 121 | Pallahara | Gen | Dharanidhar Pradhan | Independent |
| 122 | Talcher | SC | Brundaban Behera | Janata Party |
| 123 | Padampur | Gen | Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha | Janata Party |
| 124 | Melchhamunda | Gen | Birendra Kumar Sahoo | Janata Party |
| 125 | Bijepur | Gen | Nityananda Gartia | Janata Party |
| 126 | Bhatli | Gen | Bimbadhar Kuar | Janata Party |
| 127 | Bargarh | SC | Nabin Kumar Padhan | Janata Party |
| 128 | Sambalpur | Gen | Jhasketan Sahoo | Janata Party |
| 129 | Brajarajnagar | Gen | Upendra Dikshit | Indian National Congress |
| 130 | Jharsuguda | Gen | Sairindra Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 131 | Laikera | ST | Rameshwar Singh Naik | Janata Party |
| 132 | Kuchinda | ST | Jagateshwar Mirdha | Indian National Congress |
| 133 | Rairakhol | SC | Basanta Kumar Mohananda | Janata Party |
| 134 | Deogarh | Gen | Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb | Janata Party |
| 135 | Sundargarh | Gen | Kishore Chandra Patel | Indian National Congress |
| 136 | Talsara | ST | Ignes Majhi | Janata Party |
| 137 | Rajgangpur | ST | Brajamohan Kishan | Janata Party |
| 138 | Biramitrapur | ST | Prem Chand Bhagat | Janata Party |
| 139 | Rourkela | Gen | Braja Kishore Mohanty | Janata Party |
| 140 | Raghunathpalli | ST | Rabi Dehuri | Janata Party |
| 141 | Bonai | ST | Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat | Janata Party |
| 142 | Champua | ST | Saharei Oram | Janata Party |
| 143 | Patna | ST | Maheswar Majhi | Janata Party |
| 144 | Keonjhar | ST | Kumar Majhi | Janata Party |
| 145 | Telkoi | ST | Niladri Naik | Janata Party |
| 146 | Ramchandrapur | Gen | Khirod Prasad Swain | Janata Party |
| 147 | Anandapur | SC | Makar Sethi | Janata Party |