7th Orissa Legislative Assembly

7th Orissa Legislative Assembly
7th Orissa Legislative Assembly
	Front view of Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar (2010)
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	29 June 1977 – 17 February 1980
Election	1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Government	Janata Party
Opposition	Indian National Congress (R); Indian National Congress (I); Orissa Janata Partry; Janata Party
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
	House Composition
Members	147
Governor	Harcharan Singh Brar; Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Speaker	Satyapriya Mohanty, JP
Deputy Speaker	Himansu Sekhar Padhi, JP
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Nilamani Routray, JP
Leader of Opposition	Chintamani Panigrahi, INC (R); Brundaban Nayak, INC (I); Prahlad Mallik, OJP; Ananta Narayan Singh Deo, JP
Party control	Janata Party (110/147)
	7 Sessions with 121 Sittings

The Seventh Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1977 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.

Brief history

After lifting of nationwide Emergency & Janata Party's high margin win in 1977 election, PM 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. Shri Nilamani Routray was sworn in as CM of Odisha. After Cong's landslide win in 1980 election, PM Indira Gandhi dismissed 9 opposition led state govt including Odisha by imposing President's rule under Article 356 and called snap election of these state's assemblies. Shri Routray resigned on 17 February 1980.^[2]^[3]

House Composition

Party	Strength
Janata Party	110
Indian National Congress (R)	26
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1
Communist Party of India	1
Independent	9

Office Bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Harcharan Singh Brar	Assembly Begins	22 September 1977	N/A
Governor	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	23 September 1977	Assembly Dissolves	N/A
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

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Home Planning & Coordination Political & Services (till 1979) Political & Services (except Parliamentary Affairs) (after 1979) Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudevpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Information & Public Relations Labour & Employment Housing	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudevpur	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Cabinet Minister
Revenue Lift Irrigation & Power in Irrigation & Power	Pratap Chandra Mohanty MLA from Tirtol	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Commerce	Pratap Chandra Mohanty MLA from Tirtol	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Commerce	Bed Prakash Agarwal MLA from Kendrapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Education & Youth Services	Pradipta Kishore Das MLA from Mahanga	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Education & Youth Services	Pratap Chandra Mohanty MLA from Tirtol	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Health & Family Welfare	Pradipta Kishore Das MLA from Mahanga	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Health & Family Welfare	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Agriculture Co-operation	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patkura	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Agriculture Co-operation	Jagannath Mallik MLA from Jajpur	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patkura	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Irrigation in Irrigation & Power	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patkura	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Irrigation in Irrigation & Power	Sarat Kumar Deb MLA from Aul	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Finance	Ram Prasad Mishra MLA from Loisingha	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Animal Husbandry in Fisheries & Animal Husbandry	Ram Prasad Mishra MLA from Loisingha	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Forest	Natabara Pradhan MLA from Boudh	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Fisheries in Fisheries & Animal Husbandry		26 June 1977		JP
Fisheries & Animal Husbandry		25 October 1979		JP
Works		26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Works	Brundaban Nayak MLA from Hinjili	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Transport	Natabara Pradhan MLA from Boudh	26 June 1977		JP
Transport	Bed Prakash Agarwal MLA from Kendrapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Labour & Employment Housing	Biswa Bhusan Harichandan MLA from Chilka	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Food & Civil Supplies Law	Biswa Bhusan Harichandan MLA from Chilka	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Food & Civil Supplies Law	Natabara Pradhan MLA from Boudh	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Culture	Biswa Bhusan Harichandan MLA from Chilka	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Culture	Bed Prakash Agarwal MLA from Kendrapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Industries Mines & Geology	Harish Chandra Buxipatra MLA from Koraput	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Tourism	Harish Chandra Buxipatra MLA from Koraput	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Tourism	Bed Prakash Agarwal MLA from Kendrapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Parliamentary Affairs in Political & Services	Bed Prakash Agarwal MLA from Kendrapara	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Rural Development	Harish Chandra Buxipatra MLA from Koraput	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Rural Development	Brundaban Nayak MLA from Hinjili	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Urban Development Excise (till 1979) Excise & Prohibition (after 1979)	Jhasketan Sahu MLA from Sambalpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Community Development & Social Welfare	Adwait Prasad Singh MLA from Angul	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Minister of State
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Birabhadra Singh MLA from Udala	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Lift Irrigation & Power in Irrigation & Power	Birabhadra Singh MLA from Udala	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Health & Family Welfare	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Health & Family Welfare	Maheswar Baug MLA from Basta	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Forest	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Forest	Raghunath Hembram MLA from Karanjia	25 October 1979	17 February 1980
Animal Husbandry in Fisheries & Animal Husbandry	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Animal Husbandry in Fisheries & Animal Husbandry	Premchand Bhagat MLA from Biramitrapur	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Community Development & Social Welfare Public Relations in Home (till 1979) Information & Public Relations (after 1979)	Adwait Prasad Singh MLA from Angul	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
	Damodar Rout MLA from Ersama	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Co-operation	Adwait Prasad Singh MLA from Angul	26 June 1977	25 October 1979	JP
Co-operation	Nabin Kumar Pradhan MLA from Bargarh	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Rural Development Fisheries in Fisheries & Animal Husbandry	Saharai Oram MLA from Champua	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Labour & Employment Housing Law (till 1979) Law (except Hindu Religious Endowments) (after 1979)	Ignace Majhi MLA from Talsara	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Hindu Religious Endowments in Law Agriculture	Muralidhar Guru MLA from Bolangir	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Jails in Home Commerce Transport	Harihar Swain MLA from Aska	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP
Tourism Culture	Harihar Swain MLA from Aska	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Excise & Prohibition	Rabi Singh Majhi MLA from Umerkote	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Education & Youth Services Culture	Kalindi Behera MLA from Salepur	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP
Urban Development Industries	Srikant Kumar Jena MLA from Bari Derabisi	25 October 1979	17 February 1980	JP

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member		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

↑ "Use of President's Rule peaked on February 17, 1980: Some facts". India Today. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1977". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
↑ Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[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.

[3] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

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