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{{Short description|1977 Assembly election in Orissa}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = No
| previous_election = 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year = 1974
| next_election = 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1980
| election_date = 1977
| seats_for_election = All 147 seats in the [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 74
| party1 = Janata Party
| image1 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Chakra Haldhar.png|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Nilamani Routray]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Basudevpur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basudebapur]](won)
| seats1 = 110
| seat_change1 = New
| popular_vote1 = 25,27,787
| percentage1 = 49.2%
| swing1 =
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| image2 = [[File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Binayak Acharya]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Bolangir (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]](lost)
| seats2 = 26
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 43
| popular_vote2 = 15,94,505
| percentage2 = 31.00
| swing2 =
| title = [[Chief Minister of Orissa|CM]]
| before_election = Vacant
| before_party = [[President's rule]]
| after_election = [[Nilamani Routray]]
| after_party = [[Janata Party]]
}}

Elections to the seventh [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]] were held 1977.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3623-orissa-1977/|title=1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election|work=Election Commission of India |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>

==Constituencies==

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=List of Successful Candidates in Orissa Assembly Election in 1977|work=Elections.in|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>

==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 ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3623-orissa-1977/|title=1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election|work=Election Commission of India |access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
! colspan="10" |[[File:India Odisha Legislative Assembly 1977.svg]]
|- valign="top"
! colspan="4" |Party
! colspan="3" |Popular vote
! colspan="3" |Seats
|-
!Color
!Flag
!Name
!Symbol
!Votes
!%
!±[[Percentage point|pp]]
!Contested
!Won
!+/−
|-
|{{Party color cell|Janata Party}}
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Chakra Haldhar.png|50x50px]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[File:Indian Election Symbol Chakra Haldhar.png|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,527,787
|49.17
|(new)
|147
|110
|(new)
|-
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:Cow_and_Calf_INC.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,594,505
|31.02
|{{decrease}} 6.42
|146
|26
|{{decrease}} 43
|-
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI_symbol.svg|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 183,485
|3.57
|{{decrease}} 1.3
|25
|1
|{{decrease}} 6
|-
|{{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|50x50px]]
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[File:CPIM_election_symbol.png|50x50px]]
| style="text-align:right;" | 45,219
|0.88
|{{decrease}} 0.3
|4
|1
|{{decrease}} 3
|-
|{{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| -
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| -
| style="text-align:right;" | 738,545
|14.37
|{{decrease}} 1.38
|264
|9
|{{decrease}} 2
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="4" |Total
!-
!100
!-
!-
!147
!-
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Valid Votes'''
|style="text-align:right;"| '''5,140,549'''
|40.67
! colspan="4" rowspan="5" |
|-
| colspan="4" |Invalid Votes
|style="text-align:right;"|140,861
| -
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Total Votes polled / turnout'''
|style="text-align:right;"| '''5,281,410'''
|'''41.79'''
|-
| colspan="4" |Abstentation
|style="text-align:right;"|7,357,972
| -
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Total No. of Electors'''
|style="text-align:right;"| '''12,639,382'''
!
|}

== Elected members ==
{| class ="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!District
!AC. No.
! Constituency
! Winner Candidate
!colspan=2| Party
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]]
|1
| [[Karanjia Assembly constituency|Karanjia (ST)]]
| Raghunath Hemram
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|2
| [[Jashipur Assembly constituency|Jashipur (ST)]]
| Kanhuram Hembram
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|3
| [[Bahalda Assembly constituency|Bahalda (ST)]]
| [[Sunaram Soren]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|4
| [[Rairangpur Assembly constituency|Rairangpur (ST)]]
| Arjun Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|5
| [[Bangriposi Assembly constituency|Bangriposi (ST)]]
| Purusottam Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|6
| [[Kuliana Assembly constituency|Kuliana (ST)]]
| Niranjan Hembram
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|7
| [[Baripada Assembly constituency|Baripada]]
| Prasanna Kumar Dash
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|8
| [[Baisinga Assembly constituency|Baisinga (ST)]]
| Ram Chandar Kisku
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|9
| [[Khunta Assembly constituency|Khunta (ST)]]
| Ramesh Soren
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|10
| [[Udala Assembly constituency|Udala (ST)]]
| [[Birabhadra Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="12" |[[Balasore district|Baleshwar]]
|11
| [[Bhograi Assembly constituency|Bhograi]]
| Sushant Chand
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|12
| [[Jaleswar, Odisha Assembly constituency|Jaleswar]]
| Gadadhar Giri
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|13
| [[Basta Assembly constituency|Basta]]
| Maheshwar Baug
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|14
| [[Balasore Assembly constituency|Balasore]]
| Kartik Chandar Rout
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|15
| [[Soro Assembly constituency|Soro]]
| Haraprasad Mohapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|16
| [[Simulia Assembly constituency|Simulia]]
| Gopinath Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|17
| [[Nilgiri Assembly constituency|Nilgiri]]
| Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|18
| [[Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency|Bhandaripokhari (SC)]]
| Kapila Charan Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|19
| [[Bhadrak Assembly constituency|Bhadrak]]
| Ratnakar Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|20
| [[Dhamnagar Assembly constituency|Dhamnagar]]
| Hrudananda Mallick
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|21
| [[Chandabali Assembly constituency|Chandbali (SC)]]
| Gangadhar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|22
| [[Basudevpur Assembly constituency|Basudevpur]]
| [[Nilamani Routray]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="26" |[[Cuttack district|Cuttack]]
|23
| [[Sukinda Assembly constituency|Sukinda]]
| Ananda Manjari Devi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|24
| [[Korei Assembly constituency|Korai]]
| [[Ashok Kumar Das]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|25
| [[Jajpur Assembly constituency|Jajpur (SC)]]
| Jaganath Malik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|26
| [[Dharmasala Assembly constituency|Dharamsala]]
| Rabi Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|27
| [[Barchana Assembly constituency|Barchana]]
| [[Managobinda Samal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|28
| [[Bari-derabisi Assembly constituency|Bari-Derabisi]]
| [[Srikant Kumar Jena]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|29
| [[Binjharpur Assembly constituency|Binjharpur (SC)]]
| Santanu Kumar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|30
| [[Aul Assembly constituency|Aul]]
| [[Sarat Kumar Deb]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|31
| [[Patamundai Assembly constituency|Patamundai (SC)]]
| Tapas Kumar Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|32
| [[Rajanagar Assembly constituency|Rajnagar]]
| Nalinikanta Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|33
| [[Kendrapara Assembly constituency|Kendrapara]]
| [[Bed Prakash Agarwal|Bed Prakash Agrawal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|34
| [[Patkura Assembly constituency|Patkura]]
| Prahallad Mallick
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|35
| [[Tirtol Assembly constituency|Tirtol]]
| [[Pratap Chandra Mohanty]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|36
| [[Ersama Assembly constituency|Ersama]]
| [[Damodar Rout]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|37
| [[Balikuda-Erasama Assembly constituency|Balikuda]]
| Umesh Swain
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|38
| [[Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency|Jagatsinghpur (SC)]]
| Kanduri Charan Mallik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|39
| [[Kissannagar Assembly Constituency|Kissannagar]]
| Batakrishna Jena
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|40
| [[Mahanga Assembly constituency|Mahanga]]
| Pradipta Kishore Das
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|41
| [[Salipur Assembly constituency|Salepur (SC)]]
| Kalindi Charan Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|42
| [[Gobindpur, Odisha Assembly constituency|Gobindpur]]
| Panchanan Kanungo
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|43
| [[Cuttack Sadar Assembly constituency|Cuttack Sadar]]
| Sangram Keshari Mohapatra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|44
| [[Cuttack City Assembly constituency|Cuttack City]]
| Biswanath Pandit
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|45
| [[Choudwar-Cuttack Assembly constituency|Choudwar]]
| Rajkishore Ram
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|46
| [[Banki Assembly constituency|Banki]]
| Jogesh Chandra Rout
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|47
| [[Athagarh Assembly constituency|Athgarh]]
| Rasmanjari Devi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|48
| [[Baramba Assembly constituency|Baramba]]
| Trilochan Singh Deo
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| rowspan="16" |[[Puri district|Puri]]
|49
| [[Balipatna Assembly constituency|Balipatna (SC)]]
| Gopinath Bhoi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|50
| [[Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency|Bhubaneswar]]
| Satyapriya Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|51
| [[Jatani Assembly constituency|Jatni]]
| [[Suresh Kumar Routray]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|52
| [[Pipili Assembly constituency|Pipli]]
| Kiran Lekha Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|53
| [[Nimapara Assembly constituency|Nimapara (SC)]]
| Govinda Chandra Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|54
| [[Kakatpur Assembly constituency|Kakatpur]]
| [[Surendra Nath Naik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|55
| [[Satyabadi Assembly constituency|Satyabadi]]
| Chandra Madhab Misra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|56
| [[Puri Assembly constituency|Puri]]
| [[Braja Kishore Tripathy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|57
| [[Brahmagiri Assembly constituency|Brahmagiri]]
| [[Ajay Kumar Jena]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|58
| [[Chilika Assembly constituency|Chilka]]
| [[Biswabhusan Harichandan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|59
| [[Khurda Assembly constituency|Khurda]]
| Sudarsan Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|60
| [[Begunia Assembly constituency|Begunia]]
| [[Chintamani Panigrahi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|61
| [[Ranpur Assembly constituency|Ranpur]]
| [[Ramesh Chandra Panda]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}
|-
|62
| [[Nayagarh Assembly constituency|Nayagarh]]
| [[Bhagabat Behera]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|63
| [[Khandapada Assembly constituency|Khandapara]]
| Satyasundar Mishra
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|64
| [[Daspalla Assembly constituency|Daspalla]]
| Harihar Karan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[Ganjam district|Ganjam]]
|65
| [[Jaganathprasad Assembly constituency|Jaganathprasad (SC)]]
| Udayanath Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|66
| [[Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency|Bhanjanagar]]
| Jami Subba Rao Prusty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|67
| [[Surada Assembly constituency|Suruda]]
| [[Ananta Narayan Singh Deo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|68
| [[Aska Assembly constituency|Aska]]
| [[Harihar Swain]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|69
| [[Kabisuryanagar Assembly constituency|Kabisuryanagar]]
| Tarini Patnaik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|70
| [[Kodala Assembly constituency|Kodala]]
| [[Ram Krushna Patnaik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|71
| [[Khalikote Assembly constituency|Khallikote]]
| [[V. Sugnana Kumari Deo]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|72
| [[Chhatrapur Assembly constituency|Chatrapur]]
| Biswanath Sahu
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|73
| [[Hinjili Assembly constituency|Hinjili]]
| Brundaban Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|74
| [[Gopalpur, Odisha Assembly constituency|Gopalpur (SC)]]
| Ghansyam Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|75
| [[Berhampur Assembly constituency|Berhampur]]
| [[Ratna Manjari Devi]]
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|76
| [[Chikiti Assembly constituency|Chikiti]]
| Jagannath Pati
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|77
| [[Mohana Assembly constituency|Mohana]]
| Udaya Narayan Devi
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|78
| [[Ramagiri Assembly constituency|Ramagiri (ST)]]
| Gorosang Savara
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|79
| [[Paralakhemundi Assembly constituency|Parlakhemundi]]
| Bijaya Kumar Jena
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
| rowspan="14" |[[Koraput district|Koraput]]
|80
| [[Gunupur Assembly constituency|Gunupur (ST)]]
| [[Bhagirathi Gomango]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|81
| [[Bissam Cuttack Assembly constituency|Bissam-cuttack (ST)]]
| Dambarudhar Ulaka
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|82
| [[Rayagada Assembly constituency|Rayagada (ST)]]
| [[Ramachandra Ulaka|Ulaka Ramachandra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|83
| [[Laxmipur Assembly constituency|Lakshmipur (ST)]]
| Akhili Saunta
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|84
| [[Pottangi Assembly constituency|Pottangi (ST)]]
| [[Jayaram Pangi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|85
| [[Koraput Assembly constituency|Koraput]]
| [[Harish Chandra Buxipatra]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|86
| [[Malkangiri Assembly constituency|Malkangiri (SC)]]
| Naka Kannaya
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|87
| [[Chitrakonda Assembly constituency|Chitrakonda (ST)]]
| Prahalad Dora
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|88
| [[Kotpad Assembly constituency|Kotpad (ST)]]
| Basudev Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|89
| [[Jeypore Assembly constituency|Jeypore]]
| [[Raghunath Patnaik]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|90
| [[Nabarangpur Assembly constituency|Nowrangpur]]
| Habibulla Khan
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|91
| [[Kodinga Assembly constituency|Kodinga (ST)]]
| Domburu Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|92
| [[Dabugam Assembly constituency|Dabugam (ST)]]
| Shyamoghono Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|93
| [[Umerkote Assembly constituency|Umarkote (ST)]]
| Rabisingh Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi]]
|94
| [[Nuapada Assembly constituency|Nawapara]]
| Ghasiram Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|95
| [[Khariar Assembly constituency|Khariar]]
| [[Kapil Narayan Tiwari]]
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|96
| [[Dharmagarh Assembly constituency|Dharamgarh (SC)]]
| Gajanan Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|97
| [[Koksara Assembly constituency|Koksara]]
| Rasa Behari Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|98
| [[Junagarh Assembly constituency|Junagarh]]
| Maheshwar Barad
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|99
| [[Bhawanipatna Assembly constituency|Bhawanipatna (SC)]]
| Dayanidhi Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|100
| [[Narla Assembly constituency|Narla (ST)]]
| Tejraj Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|101
| [[Kesinga Assembly constituency|Kesinga]]
| Nagendranath Choudhury
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |Phulabani
|102
| [[Baliguda Assembly constituency|Balliguda (ST)]]
| Sadananda Konhor
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|103
| [[Udayagiri, Odisha Assembly constituency|Udayagiri (ST)]]
| Ranjit Kumar Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|104
| [[Phulbani Assembly constituency|Phulbani (SC)]]
| Prahallad Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|105
| [[Boudh Assembly constituency|Boudh]]
| Natabar Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="9" |[[Balangir district|Balangir]]
|106
| [[Titlagarh Assembly constituency|Titilagarh (SC)]]
| [[Lalit Mohan Gandhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|107
| [[Kantabanji]]
| Prasanna Kumar Pal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|108
| [[Patnagarh Assembly constituency|Patnagarh]]
| Bibekananda Meher
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|109
| [[Saintala Assembly constituency|Saintala]]
| Subash Chandra Bag
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|110
| [[Loisingha Assembly constituency|Loisingha]]
| Ram Prasad Misra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|111
| [[Bolangir Assembly constituency|Bolangir]]
| Muralidhar Guru
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|112
| [[Sonepur Assembly constituency|Sonepur (SC)]]
| Debaraj Seth
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|113
| [[Binka Assembly constituency|Binka]]
| Parakhita Karana
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|114
| [[Birmaharajpur Assembly constituency|Birmaharajpur]]
| Surendra Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
|115
| [[Athmallik Assembly constituency|Athmallik]]
| Balakrushna Pattanayak
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|116
| [[Angul Assembly constituency|Angul]]
| Adwait Prasad Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|117
| [[Hindol Assembly constituency|Hindol (SC)]]
| Trinath Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|118
| [[Dhenkanal Assembly constituency|Dhenkanal]]
| [[Nandini Satpathy]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|119
| [[Gondia, Odisha Assembly constituency|Gondia]]
| Haldnar Misra
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|120
| [[Kamakhyanagar Assembly constituency|Kamakhyanagar]]
| Prasanna Kumar Pattnayak
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|121
| [[Pallahara Assembly constituency|Pallahara]]
| Dharanidhar Pradhan
| {{party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|122
| [[Talcher Assembly constituency|Talcher (SC)]]
| Brundaban Behera
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="12" |[[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]]
|123
| [[Padampur Assembly constituency|Padampur]]
| Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|124
| [[Melchhamunda Assembly constituency|Melchhamunda]]
| Birendra Kumar Sahoo
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|125
| [[Bijepur Assembly constituency|Bijepur]]
| Nityananda Gartia
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|126
| [[Bhatli Assembly constituency|Bhatli (SC)]]
| [[Bimbadhar Kuanr]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|127
| [[Bargarh Assembly constituency|Bargarh]]
| Nabin Kumar Pradhan
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|128
| [[Sambalpur Assembly constituency|Sambalpur]]
| Jhasketan Sahoo
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|129
| [[Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency|Brajarajnagar]]
| Upendra Diksit
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|130
| [[Jharsuguda Assembly constituency|Jharsuguda]]
| Sairindra Nayak
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|131
| [[Laikera Assembly constituency|Laikera (ST)]]
| Rameshwar Singh Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|132
| [[Kuchinda Assembly constituency|Kuchinda (ST)]]
| Jagateswar Mirdha
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|133
| [[Rairakhol Assembly constituency|Rairakhol (SC)]]
| Basanta Kumar Mahananda
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|134
| [[Deogarh Assembly constituency|Deogarh]]
| Bhanu Ganga Tribhuban Deb
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Sundergarh district|Sundergarh]]
|135
| [[Sundargarh Assembly constituency|Sundargarh]]
| Kishore Chandra Patel
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|136
| [[Talsara Assembly constituency|Talsara (ST)]]
| Ignace Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|137
| [[Rajgangpur Assembly constituency|Rajgangpur (ST)]]
| Brajamohan Kishan
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|138
| [[Biramitrapur Assembly constituency|Biramitrapur (ST)]]
| Prem Chand Bhagat
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|139
| [[Rourkela Assembly constituency|Rourkela]]
| Braja Kishore Mohanty
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|140
| [[Raghunathpali Assembly constituency|Raghunathpali (ST)]]
| Rabi Dehuri
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|141
| [[Bonai Assembly constituency|Bonai (ST)]]
| Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandpat
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Kendujhar district|Keonjhar]]
|142
| [[Champua Assembly constituency|Champua (ST)]]
| Saharai Oram
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|143
| [[Patna Assembly constituency|Patna]]
| Maheswar Majhi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|144
| [[Keonjhar Assembly constituency|Keonjhar (ST)]]
| [[Kumar Majhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|145
| [[Telkoi Assembly constituency|Telkoi (ST)]]
| Niladri Naik
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|146
| [[Ramchandrapur, Odisha Assembly Constituency|Ramchandrapur]]
| Khirod Prasad Swain
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|147
| [[Anandapur Assembly constituency|Anandapur (SC)]]
| Makar Sethi
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|}

== 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 Odisha|Chief Minister]] of the state.

==See also==
* [[1977 elections in India]]
* [[1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]
* [[1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Odisha elections}}

[[Category:State Assembly elections in Odisha]]
[[Category:1977 State Assembly elections in India|Odisha]]
[[Category:1970s in Orissa]]

1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election - Revision history

JamesTex at 06:08, 24 March 2026