7th Orissa Legislative Assembly
7th state legislature of the Indian state of Orissa
7th Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting placeOdisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term29 June 1977 – 17 February 1980
Election1977
GovernmentJanata Party
OppositionIndian National Congress (R)
Websiteodishaassembly.nic.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
Members147
GovernorHarcharan Singh Brar
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
SpeakerSatyapriya Mohanty, JP
Deputy SpeakerHimansu Sekhar Padhi, JP
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)		Nilamani Routray, JP
Leader of OppositionChintamani Panigrahi, INC (R)
Brundaban Nayak, INC (I)
Prahlad Mallik, OJP
Ananta Narayan Singh Deo, JP
Party controlJanata Party (110/147)
7 Sessions with 121 Sittings

The Seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. After lifting of nationwide Emergency & Janata Party's win in 1977 election, Prime Minister Morarji Desai dismissed 9 Congress led state govt including Odisha by imposing President's rule under Article 356 and called snap election of these state's assemblies.[1] Janata Party came to power after winning in landslide of 110 seats.[2]

House Composition

Strength JP INC CPI CPM IND
147 110 26 1 1 9

Office Bearers

Post Portrait Name Tenure Party
Governor Harcharan Singh Brar Assembly Begins 22 September 1977 N/A
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma 23 September 1977 Assembly Dissolves
Speaker Satyapriya Mohanty
MLA from Bhubaneswar 		1 July 1977 17 February 1980 Janata Party
Deputy Speaker Surendra Nath Naik
MLA from Kakatpur 		27 July 1977 17 February 1980 Janata Party
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister) 		Nilamani Routray
MLA from Basudevpur 		26 June 1977 17 February 1980 Janata Party
Leader of Opposition Chintamani Panigrahi
MLA from Begunia 		29 June 1977 20 February 1978 Indian National Congress (R)
Brundaban Nayak
MLA from Hinjili 		20 February 1978 3 September 1979 Indian National Congress (I)
Prahlad Mallik
MLA from Patkura 		3 September 1979 13 February 1980 Orissa Janata Party
Ananta Narayan Singh Deo
MLA from Surada 		13 February 1980 17 February 1980 Janata Party

Council of Ministers

Nilamani Routray ministry

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Bypolls

No Bypolls were held.

References

  1. ^ "Use of President's Rule peaked on February 17, 1980: Some facts". India Today. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
  2. ^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1977". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
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