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1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election

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All 147 seats in the Orissa Legislative Assembly 74 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nilamani Routray Binayak Acharya Party JP INC Leader's seat Basudebapur(won) Bolangir(lost) Seats won 110 26 Seat change New 43 Popular vote 25,27,787 15,94,505 Percentage 49.2% 31.00
CM before election Vacant President's rule Elected CM Nilamani Routray Janata Party

Elections to the seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly were held 1977.^[1]

Constituencies

The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats.^[2]

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 India^[3]

Party				Popular vote			Seats
Color	Flag	Name	Symbol	Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
		Janata Party		2,527,787	49.17	(new)	147	110	(new)
		Indian National Congress		1,594,505	31.02	6.42	146	26	43
		Communist Party of India		183,485	3.57	1.3	25	1	6
		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		45,219	0.88	0.3	4	1	3
	-	Independents	-	738,545	14.37	1.38	264	9	2
Total				-	100	-	-	147	-
Valid Votes				5,140,549	40.67
Invalid Votes				140,861	-
Total Votes polled / turnout				5,281,410	41.79
Abstentation				7,357,972	-
Total No. of Electors				12,639,382

Elected members

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

References