6th Orissa Legislative Assembly

6th Orissa Legislative Assembly
6th Orissa Legislative Assembly
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	11 March 1974 – 20 April 1977
Election	1974
Government	Indian National Congress (R)
Opposition	Utkal Congress (1974); Bharatiya Lok Dal (1974-1977); Janata Party (1977)
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	Basappa Danappa Jatti ; Gati Krushna Misra (Acting); Akbar Ali Khan ; Siba Narain Sankar (Acting); Harcharan Singh Brar
Speaker	Brajamohan Mohanty, INC(R)
Deputy Speaker	Chintamani Jena, INC(R)
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Nandini Satpathy, INC(R) ; Binayak Acharya,INC(R)
Leader of Opposition	Biju Patnaik, UC/BLD ; Ram Prasad Mishra, JP
Party control	Indian National Congress (R) (70/147)
	9 Sessions with 150 Sittings

Last updated December 14, 2025

The Sixth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.^[1] A large-scale defection from the ruling Congress (R) Party led to the fall of the government, leading to the imposition of President's Rule and the calling of a snap election. Subsequently, Congress (R) under the leadership of Nandini Satpathy returned to power.

House Composition

Strength	INC (R)	UC	SWP	CPI	CPM	SSP	OJC	JKD	IND
147	70	35	21	7	3	2	1	1	7

Office Bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Basappa Danappa Jatti	Assembly Begins	20 August 1974	N/A
	Justice Gati Krushna Misra (Acting)	21 August 1974	25 October 1974
	Akbar Ali Khan	25 October 1974	17 April 1976
	Justice Siba Narain Sankar (Acting)	17 April 1976	7 February 1977
	Harcharan Singh Brar	7 February 1977	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker	Brajamohan Mohanty MLA from Puri	21 March 1974	26 June 1977		Indian National Congress (R)
Deputy Speaker	Chintamani Jena MLA from Basta	29 March 1974	30 April 1977		Indian National Congress (R)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Nandini Satpathy MLA from Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976		Indian National Congress (R)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Binayak Acharya MLA from Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977		Indian National Congress (R)
Leader of Opposition	Biju Patnaik MLA from Rajanagar	29 June 1977	20 February 1978		Utkal Congress
	Biju Patnaik MLA from Rajanagar	20 February 1978	24 March 1977		Bharatiya Lok Dal
	Ram Prasad Mishra MLA from Kantabanji	31 March 1977	30 April 1977		Janata Party

Council of Ministers

Second Nandini Satpathy Ministry

Binayak Acharya Ministry

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	AC. No.	Constituency	Winner Candidate		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Karunakar Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Ghanshyam Hemram	Independent
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Sashi Bhusan Marndi	Independent
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Arjun Majhi	Utkal Congress
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Rudra Mohan Das	Communist Party of India
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Sarat Chandra Singh	Indian National Congress (R)
	7	Baripada	Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo	Independent
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Kuanria Majhi	Indian National Congress (R)
	9	Khunta (ST)	Ramesh Saren	Indian National Congress (R)
	10	Udala (ST)	Ravaneswa Madhei	Indian National Congress (R)
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra	Indian National Congress (R)
	12	Jaleswar	Gadadhar Giri	Samyukta Socialist Party
	13	Basta	Chintamani Jena	Indian National Congress (R)	Deputy Speaker
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey	Communist Party of India
	15	Soro	Jadunath Das Mahapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	16	Simulia	Sailen Mohapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	17	Nilgiri	Banamali Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Bairagi Jena	Utkal Congress
	19	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik	Indian National Congress (R)
	20	Dhamnagar	Hrudananda Mullick	Utkal Congress
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Manmohan Das	Indian National Congress (R)
	22	Basudevpur	Jagabandhu Das	Indian National Congress (R)
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Sanatan Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das	Utkal Congress
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Jagannath Malik	Utkal Congress
	26	Dharamsala	Banka Bihari Das	Indian National Congress (R)
	27	Barchana	Dusasan Jena	Communist Party of India
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Prahlad Malik	Utkal Congress
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Baishmab Charan Malik	Indian National Congress (R)
	30	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb	Swatantra Party
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Biswanath Mallik	Indian National Congress (R)
	32	Rajnagar	Biju Patnaik	Utkal Congress	Leader of Opposition
	33	Kendrapara	Bed Prakash Agarwal	Utkal Congress
	34	Patkura	Raj Kishore Nayak	Utkal Congress
	35	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Utkal Congress
	36	Ersama	Lokanath Chowdhury	Communist Party of India
	37	Balikuda	Basudeb Mohapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Laxman Mallick	Indian National Congress (R)
	39	Kissannagar	Batakrushna Jena	Utkal Congress
	40	Mahanga	Shaik Matlub Ali	Indian National Congress (R)
	41	Salepur (SC)	Baidhar Behera	Indian National Congress (R)
	42	Gobindpur	Sudhansu Malini Ray	Indian National Congress (R)
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Trilochan Kanungo	Indian National Congress (R)
	44	Cuttack City	Srikanta Panda	Utkal Congress
	45	Choudwar	Kanhu Charan Lenka	Indian National Congress (R)
	46	Banki	Jogesh Chanda Rout	Independent
	47	Athgarh	Radhanath Rath	Independent
	48	Baramba	Raja Saheb Trilochan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Gopinath Bhoi	Utkal Congress
	50	Bhubaneswar	Harekrushna Mahtab	Utkal Congress
	51	Jatni	Satyapriya Mohanty	Utkal Congress
	52	Pipli	Bipin Bihari Dash	Indian National Congress (R)
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Nilamani Sitha	Indian National Congress (R)
	54	Kakatpur	Brudaban Patra	Indian National Congress (R)
	55	Satyabadi	Gangadhar Mahapatra	Indian National Congress (R)
	56	Puri	Brajamohan Mohanty	Indian National Congress (R)	Speaker
	57	Brahmagiri	Siddheswar Panigrahi	Communist Party of India
	58	Chilka	Vacant (till July 1974)		No Nomination was filed
	58	Chilka	Raghunath Ray	Indian National Congress (R)	Won in 1974 bypoll.
	59	Khurda	Benudhar Baliarsingh	Indian National Congress (R)
	60	Begunia	Satyanand Champatiray	Utkal Congress
	61	Ranpur	Ramesh Chandra Panda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	62	Nayagarh	Bhagabat Behera	Samyukta Socialist Party
	63	Khandapara	Satyasundar Misra	Independent
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karana	Independent
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Batsa Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	66	Bhanjanagar	Somnath Rath	Indian National Congress (R)
	67	Suruda	Sarat Chanda Panda	Indian National Congress (R)
	68	Aska	Harihar Das	Communist Party of India
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Sadananda Mahanty	Communist Party of India
	70	Kodala	Kanhu Charan Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Utkal Congress
	72	Chatrapur	Daitari Behera	Utkal Congress
	73	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak	Utkal Congress
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	75	Berhampur	Binayak Acharya	Indian National Congress (R)	Chief MInister
	76	Chikiti	Satchida Nandu Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	77	Mohana	Udayanarayan Deb	Utkal Congress
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Chakradhar Paik	Utkal Congress
	79	Parlakhemundi	Nalla Kurmanaikulu	Utkal Congress
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gamang	Indian National Congress (R)
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Ulaka Dambarudhar	Indian National Congress (R)
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulka Rama Chandra	Indian National Congress (R)
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Ananta Ram Majhi	Indian National Congress (R)
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Disari Sannu	Utkal Congress
	85	Koraput	Harish Chandra Baxipatra	Utkal Congress
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Naka Kannaya	Utkal Congress
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi	Indian National Congress (R)
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudeb Majhi	Indian National Congress (R)
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress (R)
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan	Swatantra Party
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Sombaru Majhi	Utkal Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Syamoghomo Majhi	Swatantra Party
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi	Utkal Congress
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Jagannath Pattanaik	Indian National Congress (R)
	95	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo	Utkal Congress
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	Swatantra Party
	97	Koksara	Chandrabhanu Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
	98	Junagarh	Udit Pratap Deo	Swatantra Party
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Jagamohan Nayak	Swatantra Party
	100	Narla (ST)	Dhaneswar Majhi	Swatantra Party
	101	Kesinga	Sarat Chandra Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallik	Indian National Congress (R)
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Gopal Pradhan	Indian National Congress (R)
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Chandra Sekhar Behera	Indian National Congress (R)
	105	Boudh	Natabar Pradhan	Swatantra Party
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Tapi Jal	Swatantra Party
	107	Kantabanji	Ram Prasad Misra	Swatantra Party	Leader of Opposition
	108	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo	Swatantra Party
	109	Saintala	Krushna Chandra Panda	Swatantra Party
	110	Loisingha	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
	111	Bolangir	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Daulat Bagh	Swatantra Party
	113	Binka	Radha Mohan Mishra	Swatantra Party
	114	Birmaharajpur	Hrushikesh Hota	Indian National Congress (R)
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Bhajaman Behera	Indian National Congress (R)
	116	Angul	Adwait Prasad Singh	Utkal Congress
	117	Hindol (SC)	Bhagirathi Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy	Indian National Congress (R)	Chief Minister
	119	Gondia	Sribatsa Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Brahmananda Biswal	Indian National Congress (R)
	121	Pallahara	Narayan Sahu	Indian National Congress (R)
	122	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera	Orissa Jana Congress
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Krupasindhu Bhoi	Indian National Congress (R)
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta	Indian National Congress (R)
	125	Bijepur	Gananath Pradhan	Utkal Congress
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress (R)
	127	Bargarh	Nabin Kumar Pradhan	Utkal Congress
	128	Sambalpur	Shri Ballav Panigrahi	Utkal Congress
	129	Brajarajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Communist Party of India
	130	Jharsuguda	Sairendhri Nayak	Indian National Congress (R)
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemanand Biswal	Indian National Congress (R)
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha	Indian National Congress (R)
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Basanta Kumar Mohananda	Utkal Congress
	134	Deogarh	Tribhuban Deb	Swatantra Party
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo	Indian National Congress (R)
	136	Talsara (ST)	Premananda Kalo	Indian National Congress (R)
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Christopher Ekka	Indian National Congress (R)
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Christodas Luhgun	Jharkhand Party
	139	Rourkela	Dhananjaya Mohanty	Indian National Congress (R)
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Agapit Lakra	Indian National Congress (R)
	141	Bonai (ST)	Benudhar Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Guru Charan Naik	Indian National Congress (R)
	143	Patna	Maheswar Majhi	Utkal Congress
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Govinda Munda	Swatantra Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Niladri Naik	Utkal Congress
	146	Ramchandrapur	Murlidhar Kuanr	Utkal Congress
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Bhubananda Jena	Indian National Congress (R)

Bypolls

Source
Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
July 1974	Chilika	No nomination was filed	Raghunath Ray		Indian National Congress (R)

Notes

References

↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1974". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-12-13.

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